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<p>Her Majesty’s 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><p> </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 and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><li>£286 million of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which
can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18:</li></ul><p> </p><p><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>
</p><ul><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown
of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement,
HCWS540, released on 13 March 2018:</li></ul><p> </p><p>(<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>
</p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £2 billion of additional funding for 2019-20. A full breakdown
of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement,
HCWS1205, laid on 18 December 2018:</li></ul><p> </p><p>(https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/)</p><p>
</p><ul><li>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) was allocated £12.7 million in 2018-19,
for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in any situation. This allocation has allowed
the MOD to retain three Off-Shore Patrol Vessels and support EU Exit preparedness
for UK defence bases in Europe, for either EU Exit scenario.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The
final breakdown spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates 2018-19 which
will be published at the end of the Financial Year. The MOD has also been allocated
a total of £12 million in 2019-20 for either EU Exit scenario. The 2019-20 final breakdown
spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates 2019-20 in early 2020.</li></ul><p>
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