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<p>At the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government committed over £1.5bn of additional funding
to help departments and the devolved administrations to prepare for the UK’s exit
from the EU in 2018/19. A full breakdown of allocations 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>The
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was allocated £23.6 million in 2018/19 as
part of this.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor also set aside £1.5
billion of additional funding for department’s EU Exit preparations in 2019/20. The
Treasury has received the CMA’s bid and will announce further details about allocations
in due course.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the Chancellor announced £2.8m a year
in additional funding for the CMA to take on more cases against companies acting unfairly.</p><p>
</p><p>All long-term funding decisions are for the next Spending Review, which will
take place in 2019.</p>
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