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<p>The government has provided: over £4.2bn of additional funding from 2016 to the
present financial year (2019-20) for departments and devolved administrations to prepare
for all EU exit scenarios (a breakdown of these allocations can be found in Table
E.6 (page 77) of HM Treasury’s 2018 Annual Statement on European Finances); a further
£2bn for the 2020-21 financial year, announced at Spending Round 2019.</p><p> </p><p>For
no-deal preparations specifically the Chancellor also: made £2.1bn available on 1
August 2019 for this financial year (2019-20); confirmed the HMG Guarantee on 30 September
2019, which would apply if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and should the EU cease
to fund UK organisations after EU exit. This guarantee relates to UK organisations
in receipt of certain EU programme funding. The total amount expected to be covered
by the guarantee would be £4.3bn for this financial year.</p>
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