Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 Departmental agencies 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) See also UK topics This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.