Public Affairs
Home Office
Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Leads on:
The Secretary of State holds overall responsibility for the business of the Department and its policies
Legislative programmes
Expenditure issues
Security and terrorism
Minister of State (Immigration)
Damian Green MP
Leads on:
Policy on immigration and asylum
Implementation of the immigration cap
Responsibility for policy on passports and the Identity and Passport Service and the General Register Office
Abolition of ID cards
Creation of a border police force
International and European immigration and asylum policy
Border control and enforcement
Minister of State (Policing and Criminal Justice)
The Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP (Joint with the Ministry of Justice)
Leads on:
Crime and justice policy (joint working with MoJ) and overall responsibility for all crime issues in the Home Office
Police reform and police accountability
Police funding
Youth crime
Anti-social behaviour
Serious organised crime and SOCA
Creation of a border police force jointly with the immigration minister
Big society champion
Departmental PQ champion
Minister of State (Security and Counter-Terrorism)
The Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones
Leads on:
Counter-terrorism (CT) and security
Lead on Olympic security
International CT
National security issues (Cabinet Office-supported)
All Home Office business in the House of Lords
Exclusion orders
Home Office science, including CT science and technology
Extradition, mutual legal assistance and judicial co-operation
CT interest in creation of a border police force
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Crime Prevention)
James Brokenshire MP
Leads on:
Support to Minister of State on crime reduction
Drugs and alcohol
Use of DNA and reform of DNA database
Licensing Act and powers of police and local authorities
Public order, inc support to Home Secretary on World Cup issues
Use of powers of surveillance by local authorities
Violent crime
CCTV
Acquisitive and business crime
Commons support to minister of state on borders and immigration
European Union
Forensic science service
Correspondence champion
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Equalities and Criminal Information)
Lynne Featherstone MP
Leads on:
Responsibility within government for equality strategy and legislation and issues relating to gender, sexual orientation and transgender equality issues
Support to Minister of State on abolition of Identity Cards Bill
Policy on criminal information including:
o Vetting and barring
o Security Industry Authority
o Criminal Records Bureau
o Asset recovery
o Animal licensing
o Statistics and research
o Freedom of information
o Support on violence against women work from the equalities perspective
