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<p>We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with
a deal as soon as possible. As part of this, we continue to prepare for all Brexit
scenarios. We are continuing to make sensible decisions about the timing and pace
at which some of this work is progressing. This includes working closely with our
overseas network and other Government Departments to put in place a range of mitigations
to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal.</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, 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). 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. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
also received £5.6 million of additional funding in 2018/19, for no-deal civil contingency
planning.</p><p>We continue to keep advice on how people should prepare updated on
gov.uk/euexit.</p>
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