Home Affairs and Ministry of Justice One of the great offices of state the Home Office – split into two Week 11 Joy Johnson

Texts Morrison James, Essential Public Affairs for Journalists Coalition Agreement

As at 17 March 2012 Theresa May Home Secretary Kenneth Clark Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (short-hand Justice Secretary)

Former Home Secretary John Reid immigration operation - "not fit for purpose" with "inadequate" leadership and management systems. Home Office could be "dysfunctional" and needed "wholesale transformation“ Theresa May current Home Secretary Kenneth Clark Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (short-hand Justice Secretary) Home Office - Great Office of state – dysfunctional

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Home Secretary takes up the reins Alan Johnson Labour’s last Home Secretary before the 2010 election meets his permanent secretary and the press on his first day in the office 92.stm 92.stm

Transformation of Department Reid set in train widespread shake-up of the Department Lord Chancellor’s department renamed Dept of Constitutional Affairs (2006) Const. Affairs renamed Ministry of Justice Kenneth Clarke Lord Chancellor - given additional title ‘Secretary of State’ Chairing debates in the Lords went to newly appointed Lords’ Speaker

Home Office responsibilities The Home Office responsible for internal affairs,internal affairs Policing and crime prevention (anti-social behavour) and crime reduction Security and counter terrorism Asylum, immigration and citizenship

Policing Home Office funds the police Responsibility for organising policing on the ground delegated to local authorities Home Secretary traditional responsibility for overseeing policing in London (Metropolitan Police Commissioner) handed over to the Mayor of London and his deputy Kit Malthouse Sir Ian Blair’s sacking demonstrated tensions between the Mayor Johnson and the Home Secretary Directly elected Commissioners - announced 1 December 2010 – power devolved down (Police Authorities abolished)

Elected police commissioners

May and Police Federation clash

Asylum and immigration Asylum seeker entered lexicon in the early 1990’s Media quick to focus on the ‘new threat’ By 2002 ‘red tops’ filled with scare stories Enlargement of the EU -brown-immigration-speech -brown-immigration-speech Became a hot political issue during election (bigotgate) (See Morrison p 268 for rules)

Bigotgate

Border Controls

Security and counter terrorism Following attack on London’s transport system when 52 people were killed counter-terorrism went to the centre of political agenda Blair brought in a number of anti-terror laws Severe restrictions on civil liberties Blair defeated over detention without trial from 14 to 90 days Accepted compromise of 28 days

Security and counter terrorism 7/7 terrorism attacks in London put security policy at the heart of political agenda Prior to this and following 9/11 Blair government had already passed a succession of ‘anti-terror’ laws Tony Blair suffered first House of Commons defeat as PM in November 2005 on the extension of limit from 14 days to 90 days Accepted compromise 28 days Expected that this will be further reduced

Home Affairs issues Immigration cap overturned by high court judges Theresa May, the home secretary, illegally bypassed parliament to bring in temporary limit on non-EU workers, judges rule (Guardian ) Overseas students Home affairs Select committee says plans to change immigration could damage Britain's place in £40bn international Directly elected Police Commissioners Cuts in police numbers Control orders imposed in past three months imposed despite government's announcement in January that it is replacing control order regime with 'more targeted' measures DNA

According to Guardian ( ) The Home Office has revealed that setting up elected police commissioners could cost more than £130m in the first year. The figure emerged as it published its police reform bill.Home Office has revealed

Ministry of Justice The court system and sentencing policy Prisons Probation Prevention of reoffending

National Offenders Management Service (NOMS) NOMS - executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, bringing together the headquarters of the Probation Service and HM Prison Service to deliver services. The two bodies remain distinct but aim to protect the public and reduce reoffending. Prison and probation services ensure the sentences of the courts are properly carried out and work with offenders to tackle the causes of their offending behaviour. NOMS is responsible for commissioning and delivering adult offender management services, in custody and in the community, in England and Wales. Govt website - strip out the spin

Ministry of Justice Court system and civil law Major Prison reform Day to day running British courts is carried out by Her Majesty’s Courts Service Principal legal advisers are the Attorney General Subordinate to that post – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Prison service Rehabilitation of offenders

Executive Agencies National Probation Service National Offender Management Services – overall running of prison in England and Wales NOMS - executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, bringing together the headquarters of the Probation Service and HM Prison Service to enable more effective delivery of services. The two bodies remain distinct but have a strong unity of purpose – to protect the public and reduce reoffending. Prison and probation services ensure the sentences of the courts are properly carried out and work with offenders to tackle the causes of their offending behaviour.

Prison policy Prison works (Michael Howard – former Conservative Home Secretary) Prison doesn’t work (Kenneth Clarke) Clarke speech on prisons and rehabilitation Clarke on rape comments nneth-clarke-apologises-rape-comments nneth-clarke-apologises-rape-comments

Issues Clarke seen as a liberal on penal policy howard-attacks-ken-clarkes-fatally-flawed-prisons-policy.html howard-attacks-ken-clarkes-fatally-flawed-prisons-policy.html The government is to try to reform the relationship between the European court of human rights and national parliaments when it assumes chairmanship of the Council of Europe in November after controversial rulings on sex offenders and votes for prisoners.European court of human rights The pro-European Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show that the government intended to scrutinise the relationship. This follows calls from a large number of Conservative backbenchers for the UK to walk away from the ECHR because they are unhappy with its rulings. court-reformKenneth Clarke court-reform Spending Cuts

Seminar question Identify the role of the Home Office and its responsibility for police, crime reduction, security and counter-terrorism, and immigration. Name the issues What is the role of the Ministry of Justice? Expand on its responsibilities including criminal justice, the treatment of offenders, the role of the National Offender management service, parole, probation and law and order. Name the issues