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Work of the Home Office
05 September 2022
At a Glance
Issue Summary
The Home Office is reporting progress and updates on its work to reduce crime, enhance public safety, manage illegal immigration, secure borders, and support economic prosperity.
Action Requested
No specific action requested; the statement provides an update on policy implementation, funding commitments, legislative progress, and operational outcomes across various initiatives since March 2022. These include police recruitment, drug enforcement programmes, violent crime reduction measures, and border security enhancements.
Key Facts
- Home Office has recruited 13,790 additional police officers in England and Wales as of June 2022.
- £240m invested into multi-agency Violence Reduction Units since 2019 to tackle serious violence.
- Since 2019, over 49,000 violent offences have been prevented through various programmes.
- Passed the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act in April 2022.
- Four extreme right-wing terrorist groups were proscribed by Priti Patel since 2019.
- Over 320,000 people arrived in the UK via safe and legal routes since 2019.
- Launched Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda to deter illegal migration.
- Digitised immigration system with a points-based approach post-Brexit.
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