BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 Border Force is a professional law enforcement command within the Home Office. It has approximately 8,000 officers, responsible for securing the UK border and controlling migration at 138 ports and airports across the UK and overseas. Border Force contributes to all three of the Home Office strategic objectives:
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 The Operational Infrastructure Programme (OIP) WTE team work within DES. This is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) (Referred to as the Authority from this point).
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. DfT works with its agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UKs businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move and support economic growth. Within the DfT, the Statistics Roads and Freight (SRF) Division proactively develops innovative analyses and high quality statistics that provide the foundation of evidence-based policy and decision making. The SRF Division produces Official and National Statistics on traffic, congestion, road conditions, road lengths, and road freight.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 On 7 September 2012 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the establishment of an independent Airports Commission (the Authority) chaired by Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx. The Commission is examining the scale and timing of any requirement for additional capacity to maintain the UK’s position as Europe’s most important aviation hub, and is identifying how any need for additional capacity should be met in the short, medium and long term.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 4.1 The Department for Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) was announced through the Spending Review in October 2010 and launched alongside the Local Transport White Paper, ‘Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon’ in January 2011.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. DfT works with our agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses, and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move. One of DfT’s key responsibilities is to maintain high standards of safety and security in transport, and continuing to improve road safety is a Departmental priority. In 2011, DfT produced the Strategic Framework for Road Safety to look at three main areas in increasing road safety: Freeing local councils to make their own decisions on how best to make their roads safer Improving public education and training Penalising the minority of offenders who drive dangerously BACKGROUND TO THE OFFENCE
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 The Home Office leads on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism and works to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 The Commission for Equality and Human Rights aims to champion equality and human rights for all, work to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and build good relations, and ensure that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society. It has responsibility for the equality strands of age, disability, race or ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation and transgender - as well as human rights.
BACKGROUND TO THE AUTHORITY. 3.1 Immigration Enforcement (the Authority) works within the Home Office and has responsibility for ensuring that those present within the United Kingdom have the necessary authority to remain and work within the country and that they comply with relevant legislation.
