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<p>HM 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><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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf"
target="_blank">Supplementary Estimates 17/18</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional
funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/"
target="_blank">the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid
on the 13th March</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A
full breakdown of the allocations can be found in <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/"
target="_blank">the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid
on the 18th December</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The funding provided is in addition to the
Attorney General’s Office’s efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward
preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. This funding is to support preparation
for all scenarios.</p>
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