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<p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains our priority, but as a responsible Government
we've been preparing for nearly three years to minimise disruption in the event of
no deal.</p><p>We have over 300 work streams looking at specific no deal plans across
a range of sectors and these are well advanced. There is still some work to be done
but departments are making sensible decisions about prioritisation.</p><p>Departments
report progress delivering each workstream on a regular basis. DExEU aggregates the
cross-Government picture of readiness and provides regular updates to Ministers. This
allows for the swift resolution of barriers to improve the Government’s overall preparedness
for exit.</p><p>As you might expect, these aggregate assessments of Government preparedness
are exceptionally sensitive. If our overall assessment - or the underlying data -
were made public, both our negotiating position and our ability to manage delivery
across the programme would be significantly damaged.</p><p> </p>
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