Statement of Purpose and Aims
(übernommen von http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/inside/aims/index.html
am 11. Juni 2004)
Purpose
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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SR2002
Public Service Agreement: Technical Notes
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SR2002
Public Service Agreement: Technical Notes
(file size 106kb) - March 2002
CJS
Value for Money target technical note
(file size 36kb)- July 2003
Home
Office Target Delivery Report
(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
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