The Home Office is a United Kingdom government department, responsible for maintaining law and order through England and Wales.
Ministers as of 21 August 2003
- Secretary of State for the Home Department - Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
- Minister of State (Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety) - Hazel Blears MP
- Minister of State (Criminal Justice System and Law Reform) - Rt Hon The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC
- Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism) - Beverley Hughes MP
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Tackling Drugs, Reducing Organised and International Crime) - Caroline Flint MP
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal) - Fiona Mactaggart MP
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Correctional Services and Reducing Reoffending) - Paul Goggins MP
- Assets Recovery Agency headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Tackling Drugs, Reducing Organised and International Crime)
- Criminal Records Bureau headed by the Minister of State (Criminal Justice System and Law Reform)
- Forensic Science Service headed by the Minister of State (Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety)
- HM Prison Service headed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Correctional Services and Reducing Reoffending)
- UK Passport Service headed by the Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism)