Select committee: Home Affairs Committee
The work of the Home Office
Open
Opened 12 Dec 2024
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Committee holds regular evidence sessions with the Home Secretary, the Permanent Secretary and other officials to ask questions about the policies, spending and administration of the Home Office.
Where it stands
The inquiry is open, opened 12 December 2024.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 6 oral evidence sessionsLatest 15 September 2026
- 9 witnesses
Recent activity
- Oral evidence session15 September 2026, Oral evidence
- Letter from the Home Secretary relating to the oral evidence sesson on 4 February 17.03.202625 March 2026, Correspondence
- Oral evidence session4 February 2026, Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
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| 15 Sep 2026 |
Oral evidence session
Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP · Home Office
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| 4 Feb 2026 |
Oral evidence session
Dan Hobbs · Home Office,
Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP · Home Office
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| 11 Nov 2025 |
Oral evidence session
Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Home Office,
Jerome Glass CB · Home Office,
Simon Ridley CB · Home Office
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| 3 Jun 2025 |
Oral evidence session
Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Ministry of Justice,
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP · Home Office,
Simon Ridley · Home Office
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| 4 Feb 2025 |
Oral evidence session
Simon Ridley · Home Office,
Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office
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| 17 Dec 2024 |
Oral evidence session
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP · Home Office,
Simon Ridley · Home Office,
Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office
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Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
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| Simon Ridley · Second Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 3 |
| Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP · Secretary of State | Home Office | 2 |
| Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP · Secretary of State | Home Office | 2 |
| Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 2 |
| Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 1 |
| Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Justice | 1 |
| Dan Hobbs · Director General, Migration and Borders Group | Home Office | 1 |
| Jerome Glass CB · Chief Operating Officer | Home Office | 1 |
| Simon Ridley CB · Second Permanent Secretary | Home Office | 1 |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 25 Mar 2026 | To committee | Letter from the Home Secretary relating to the oral evidence sesson on 4 February 17.03.2026 |
| 9 Dec 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Permanent Secretary relating to the Work of the Home Office 02.12.2025 |
| 19 Nov 2025 | From committee | Letter to the Permanent Secretary relating to the oral evidence session on 11 November 18.11.2025 |
| 25 Feb 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Permanent Secretary following his appearance before the Committee on 4 February 2025 |
| 14 Jan 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls regarding the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse 13.01.2025 |
| 7 Jan 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention regarding the use of facial recognition technology by the police 17.12.2024 |