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<p>As a responsible Government, we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in
the event of no deal for nearly three years. We are putting in place a range of mitigations
to effectively prepare for the potential impact of EU exit across the full portfolio
of the Ministry of Justice, including prisons, courts and tribunals. Our justice system
is respected across the world. This was the case before we joined the EU, and it will
continue to be the case after we leave.</p><p> </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 £412m 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); £286m 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).</p><p> </p><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,
given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p>
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