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<p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments
and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down
as:<br>• £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Depart-ment
for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign
& Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016</p><p>• £286m of additional funding
for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p><br>•
Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can
be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on
the 13th March 2018. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a></p><p>•
Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can
be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on
the 18th December 2018. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a></p><p>This
funding is to cover all exit scenarios, and is in addition to departmental efforts
to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure
from the EU.</p><p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from
other EU exit work. The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources
available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p><p>The Department
also received £5.45m of additional funding in 2018/19, for no-deal civil contingency
planning.</p><p> </p>
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