Interior Office

What we do

The Interior Office is responsible for policing policy, internal security, immigration, borders and public protection within central competence.

Responsibilities

• policing, crime and public order policy
• internal security and hostile-state activity
• immigration, entry, residence and settlement
• membership-status administration and borders
• identity, passport and disclosure and barring policy
• investigatory-powers policy and law-enforcement information

Our ministers

Agencies and public bodies

• Commission for Countering Extremism and Harmful InfluenceAdvisory non-departmental public body
• Immigration Advice AuthorityExecutive non-departmental public body
• Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationIndependent monitoring body
• Independent Office for Police ConductExecutive non-departmental public body
• Investigatory Powers Commissioner's OfficeIndependent statutory oversight office
• Investigatory Powers TribunalTribunal
• LL Inspectorate of ConstabularyInspectorate
• Migration Advisory CommitteeAdvisory non-departmental public body
• National Police ServicePolice service
• Police Advisory BoardAdvisory non-departmental public body
• Police Discipline Appeals TribunalTribunal
• Police Information Access PanelSpecialist information-governance panel
• Police Remuneration Review BodyAdvisory non-departmental public body
• Security ServiceSecurity service

High profile groups and services

• Border ForceHigh-profile operational organisation
• Border Security CommandHigh-profile command
• General Register OfficeHigh-profile office
• Immigration and Membership ServiceHigh-profile operational organisation
• Immigration EnforcementHigh-profile operational organisation
• National Law Enforcement Data ServiceHigh-profile operational service