 Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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| Home Office | |
| Style | Home Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (UK and the Commonwealth) |
| Status | Great Office of State |
| Member of | Cabinet Privy Council National Security Council |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Appointer | The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 27 March 1782 |
| First holder | Earl of Shelburne |
| Website | www |
The Home Secretary,[note 1] is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of the Home Office. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Home Secretary is a senior member of the British Cabinet.
The current Secretary of State for the Home Department is Priti Patel, MP, who was appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2019.[1]
Responsibilities
Corresponding to what is generally known as an interior minister in many other countries, the Home Secretary's remit includes:
- Law enforcement in England and Wales
- Matters of national security
- Issues concerning immigration
- Oversight of the Security Service (MI5).[2]
History
The position of Secretary of State for the Home Department was created in the British governmental reorganisation of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Foreign Office and Home Office respectively.
Formerly, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Justice under the Lord Chancellor.
List of Home Secretaries
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See also
- British government departments
- Cabinet (government)
- Great Offices of State
- List of British governments
- Ministry of Justice
- Shadow Home Secretary
- Home Office under Theresa May
Notes
- ^ Officially: Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department
- ^ Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
- ^ The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
- ^ Elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain in 1790
- ^ Elected to a new constituency in the 1847 general election.
- ^ Lost seat in the 1868 general election and elected to a new constituency in the Renfrewshire by-election.
- ^ Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1918.
- ^ Elected on 28 February 1924 in the Burnley by-election.
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Priti Patel appointed UK interior minister: statement". 24 July 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ a b "Secretary of State for the Home Department". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Gibson 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "Home Secretary". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "First female boss for Home Office". BBC News. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Hutton quits in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary". BBC News. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 2018.
Sources
- Gibson, Bryan (2008). The New Home Office: An Introduction (2nd ed.). Waterside Press. pp. 148-149. ISBN 978-1-904380-49-8.
External links
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