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<p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 bn in additional funding to departments and
the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><ul><li>£412m
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 (FCO) at Autumn Statement 2016.</li><li>£286m additional funding for 2017/18
(a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</li><li>Over
£1.5bn of additional funding for 2018/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can
be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on
the 13th March 2018.</li><li>Over £2bn 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 the 18th December 2018.</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. 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 FCO also received £5.6m additional funding
in 2018/19 for no-deal civil contingency planning.</p>
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