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<p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments
and the devolved administrations for exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p>
</p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for
the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade
and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the Autumn Statement 2016<p><p></li><li>£286
million of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found
in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18). (<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>)<br></li><li>Over
£1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018/19. A full breakdown of the allocations
can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid
on 13 March 2018. (<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>)
<br></li><li>Over £2 billion of additional funding for 2019/20. A full breakdown of
the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement,
HCWS1205, laid on 18 December 2018. (<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>)</li></ul><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.</p><p> </p><p>Work on no deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated
from other exit work. The department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources
available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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