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<p>As a responsible Government, we've been preparing to minimise any disruption in
the event of a no deal for nearly three years. We are putting in place a range of
mitigations, these include a central team who deal exclusively with Defence issues
relating to the UK's decision to leave the EU, including preparations for a no deal
scenario. This team draws on subject matter experts from across the department and
works with colleagues in other government departments on cross-cutting issues.</p><p>The
Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and
Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as £412
million over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European
Union, the Department for International Trade and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
(Autumn Statement 2016); £286 million of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown
of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18); over £1.5 billion for 2018-19
(Supplementary Estimates 2018-19); and over £2 billion for 2019-20 (Main Estimates
2019-20).</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. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily
separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many
cases.</p>
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