What is Home Office?
{{about|the British Government department}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox government agency | type = Department | agency_name = Home Office<br /> | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | picture = Marsham Street.jpg | picture_caption = [[2 Marsham Street]], the headquarters of the Home Office | formed = {{start date and age|1782|3|27|df=yes}} | date1 = | date1_name = | date2 = | date2_name = | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = United Kingdom (but in respect of most policing and justice matters: [[England and Wales]] only) | headquarters = 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF | region_code = UK | employees = | budget = £10.8 billion (current) and £500 million (capital) in 2018–19<ref>{{cite book|title=Budget 2018 |year=2018 |publisher=HM Treasury |location=London |url=https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Departmental-Overview-Home-Office-2017-18.pdf |access-date=30 July 2019 |pages=23–24}}</ref> | minister1_name = [[Yvette Cooper]] | minister1_pfo = [[Home Secretary]] | minister3_name = | chief1_name = [[Matthew Rycroft]] | chief1_position = Permanent Secretary | child1_agency = | child2_agency = | child3_agency = | website = {{url|www.gov.uk/home-office}} | footnotes = | seal = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = }} [[File:Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle north Finchley.jpg|thumb|A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London.]] The '''Home Office''' ('''HO''') is a ministerial department of the [[Government of the United Kingdom]]. It is responsible for [[immigration]], [[security]] and [[law and order]] in the U.K. It is responsible for [[police|policing]] in England and Wales, [[Fire services in the United Kingdom|fire and rescue services]] in E