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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1123166/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Her Majesty's 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><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 at Autumn Statement 2016.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><ul><li>£286 million of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18).<\/li><\/ul><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><ul><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, released on 13 March 2018.<\/li><\/ul><p><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> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><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, released on 18 December 2018.<\/li><\/ul><p><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>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 EU Exit work. The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources available to support these preparations are kept under constant review.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4108", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964436/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Her Majesty's Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to Departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:<\/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 at Autumn Statement 2016.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>£286 million of additional funding for financial year (FY) 2017-18, a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 available at the following link.<\/li><\/ul><ul><ul><li>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf.<\/li><\/ul><\/ul><ul><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for FY 2018-19 . A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS540) of 13 March 2018.<\/li><\/ul>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1544", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Brake"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964446", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964446/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in Financial Year (FY) 2019-20. Departments will be invited to bid for FY 2019-20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1544", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Brake"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964524", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797793", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797793/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has provided over 800 pages of analysis to the committee. This analysis has been contained in a range of documents, developed at different times. Given how closely woven EU exit work and routine Departmental business are, it is not possible to calculate how much time was spent in compiling this material.<\/p>"}
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