Home Department

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The Home Department was a former British government ministry responsible for domestic affairs, which was later reorganized and succeeded by the Home Office.


Statements (26)
Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct British government department
former government ministry
appliesToJurisdiction Great Britain
category Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
Interior ministries
country United Kingdom
dissolvedIn 19th century
field domestic policy
public administration
hasGeneralGoal administration of internal affairs of the state
hasPart civil service staff
ministerial leadership
hasSuccessor Home Office
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn London
partOf Government of the United Kingdom
precededBy earlier domestic affairs arrangements in the British government
replacedBy Home Office
responsibleFor domestic affairs
internal security
law and order
policing policy
public safety
some aspects of criminal justice
saidToBeTheSameAs British Home Department
typeOfJurisdiction national

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Home Office
alsoKnownAs
British Home Department
officialName
Home Office
precededBy

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