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<p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments
and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down
as:</p><p> </p><p>- £412m 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.</p><p> </p><p>-
£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary
Estimates 17/18).</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><p>- Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can
be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on
the 13th March. (<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>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor also set aside £1.5 billion of additional
funding for EU Exit preparations in 2019/20. Departments will be invited to bid for
2019/20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process
will be announced in due course.</p>
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