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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:</p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period
for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade
and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li><li>£286 million
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>)</li><li>Over
£1.5 billion 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 13 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>).</li><li>Over
£2 billion 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
18 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>)</li></ul><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> </p>
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