Regulator profile

Home Office

Enforcement Regulator UK-wide

What Home Office does

Government department responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. Administers UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), issues sponsor licences for employers hiring overseas workers. Regulates private security through SIA. Oversees fire services and counter-terrorism. Issues licences for firearms, explosives, and controlled substances.

Business Helpdesk (sponsor licences): 0300 123 4699. Immigration enquiries: 0300 790 6268. Address: 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.

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Official guidance from Home Office

Curated guidance documents to help you understand your obligations.

Apply for a premises licence (GOV.UK) (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 guidance (opens in a new tab)

Publication

Home Office: research and testing using animals (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

Licensing Act 2003 - guidance (GOV.UK) (opens in a new tab)

Publication

Alcohol licensing fee levels (opens in a new tab)

Publication

Apply for a premises licence (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

Export chemicals - licences and special rules (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

Home Office: firearms licensing (opens in a new tab)

Detailed Guidance

View all 349 guidance documents (opens in a new tab)

Legislation that Home Office directly enforces.

Primary legislation

Firearms Act 1968 Immigration Act 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Computer Misuse Act 1990 Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Licensing Act 2003 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Immigration Act 2014 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Serious Crime Act 2015 Immigration Act 2016 Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Secondary legislation

Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007 Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Transparency in Supply Chains) Regulations 2015 Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017 Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Guidance) Order 2018

Legislation connected to Home Office’s remit but not directly enforced — establishing Acts, amendments, referenced legislation, and context.

Administered / monitored

Official Secrets Act 1911 UK Act of Parliament British Nationality Act 1981 UK Act of Parliament ASPA 1986 UK Act of Parliament Official Secrets Act 1989 UK Act of Parliament Police Act 1997 UK Act of Parliament Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 UK Statutory Instrument Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 UK Statutory Instrument Nationality and Borders Act 2022 UK Act of Parliament Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 UK Act of Parliament Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025 UK Statutory Instrument

Other publications

10 additional documents from Home Office.

Fact sheet: Design and materials of external walls (regulation 5) (opens in a new tab)

Fact sheet: Fire doors (regulation 10) (opens in a new tab)

Fact sheet: Floor plans and building plan (regulation 6) (opens in a new tab)

Fact sheet: Information to residents (regulation 9) (opens in a new tab)

Fact sheet: Lifts and essential fire-fighting equipment (regulation 7) (opens in a new tab)

View all 10 documents (opens in a new tab)

Sectors regulated

Security

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