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Home Office - Building a safe, just and tolerant society
Statement of Purpose and Aims

(übernommen von http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/aims/index.html am 11. Juni 2004)

Purpose

  1. To work with individuals and communities to build a safe, just and tolerant society enhancing opportunities for all and in which rights and responsibilities go hand in hand, and the protection and security of the public are maintained and enhanced.

  2. To support and mobilise communities so that, through active citizenship, they are able to shape policy and improvement for their locality, overcome nuisance, anti-social behaviour, maintain and enhance social cohesion and enjoy their homes and public spaces peacefully.

  3. To deliver the Department’s policies and responsibilities fairly, effectively and efficiently through the most up to date project and day to day management, the best use of resources and the development of partnership working.

Aims

  1. To reduce crime and the fear of crime, tackle youth crime and violent, sexual and drug-related crime, anti-social behaviour and disorder, increasing safety in the home and public spaces.

  2. To reduce organised and international crime, including trafficking in drugs, people and weapons, and to combat terrorism and other threats to national security, in co-operation with EU partners and the wider international community.

  3. To ensure the effective delivery of justice, avoiding unnecessary delay, through efficient investigation, detection, prosecution and court procedures. To minimise the threat to and intimidation of witnesses and to engage with and support victims.

  4. To deliver effective custodial and community sentences to reduce reoffending and protect the public, through the prison and probation services, in partnership with the Youth Justice Board.

  5. To reduce the availability and abuse of dangerous drugs, building a coherent, co-ordinated drugs strategy, covering education and prevention, supply and misuse. To focus on effective intelligence and detection, preventative measures at local level, community regeneration, and – with other relevant departments and agencies – the provision of necessary treatment and rehabilitation services. To reduce the incidence of drugs in prisons and provide appropriate follow-up and remedial services. 

  6. To regulate entry to and settlement in the United Kingdom effectively in the interests of sustainable growth and social inclusion. To provide an efficient and effective work permit system to meet economic and skills requirements, and fair, fast and effective programmes for dealing with visitors, citizenship and long term immigration applications and those seeking refuge and asylum. To facilitate travel by UK citizens. 

  7. To support strong and active communities in which people of all races and backgrounds are valued and participate on equal terms by developing social policy to build a fair, prosperous and cohesive society in which everyone has a stake. To work with other departments and local government agencies and community groups to regenerate neighbourhoods, to support families; to develop the potential of every individual; to build the confidence and capacity of the whole community to be part of the solution; and to promote good race and community relations, combating prejudice and xenophobia. To promote equal opportunities both within the Home Office and more widely and to ensure that active citizenship contributes to the enhancement of democracy and the development of civil society.

6 July 2001

Related Documents

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SR2002 Public Service Agreement: Technical Notes PDF Icon (file size 107kb) (Updated) - July 2003

SR2002 Public Service Agreement: Technical Notes PDF Icon (file size 106kb) - March 2002

CJS Value for Money target technical note PDF Icon (file size 36kb)- July 2003

Home Office Target Delivery Report PDF Icon (file size 226kb) - February 2003.  The Report contains the Service Delivery Agreement for SR2002 - highlighting work to deliver our new PSA targets - and reports latest performance against the old, SR2000 targets.  This report should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report.

Home Office Annual Reports