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<p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments
and the Devolved Administrations for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_exit"
target="_blank">EU exit</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Trade"
target="_blank">International Trade</a> and the Foreign & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Office"
target="_blank">Commonwealth Office</a> 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 the allocations
can be found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Secretary" target="_blank">Chief
Secretary</a>’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>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations
can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid
on the 18th December (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</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><p> </p>
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