What the Government is doing to tackle forced marriage
The Home Office has published statistics around forced marriage to support awareness raising and development of policies to better protect and assist victims of forced marriage.
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How the Government is tackling modern slavery
Updated: 5 November 2019 The UK introduced the first dedicated legislation to tackle modern slavery. The government has had an ambitious Modern Slavery Strategy in place since 2014. In October 2017, we published research that identified 17 distinct types …
Crime stats statement and what the government is doing to tackle violent crime
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Today, the Office for National Statistics published statistics on crime in England and Wales for the year ending December 2018. Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, Nick Hurd, said: Today’s statistics show that your chance of being …
Julian Assange statement and extradition factsheet
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Following the arrest today of Julian Assange, the Home Office published the below statement and factsheet on extradition. A Home Office spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Julian Assange was arrested in relation to a provisional extradition request from the United …
Windrush Compensation Scheme – Factsheet
About the scheme The Home Secretary and the Immigration Minister have made clear that they are determined to right the wrongs experienced by the Windrush generation. The Compensation Scheme is another step to deliver on that commitment, and it is …
Online Harms White Paper Factsheet
The Online Harms White Paper sets out the Government’s plans for world leading laws to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. These will make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children …
What is the public health duty to tackle serious violence?
The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, yesterday launched a consultation to ensure public bodies, including schools and hospitals, raise concerns about children at risk of becoming involved in knife crime. This is about better joining up all agencies who have involvement …
Factsheet: Detention
This factsheet details the Home Office’s approach to immigration detention. It was updated on 5 November 2019.
Fact sheet: Right-wing terrorism
Our most up to date fact sheet on right-wing terrorism can be found here The Government's counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, responds to all forms of terrorism - whatever ideology motivates the terrorist and whatever methodology they seek to use. This fact …
Factsheet on passports
Passport rules Read more about passport rules for travel to Europe after Brexit. Check a passport for travel to Europe You can check you have enough time left on your passport to travel to Europe. If your passport doesn’t meet …