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<p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to Departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018-19, and an additional allocation of £2 billion announced at Autumn Budget 2018 for 2019-20.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been allocated £12.7 million in 2018-19, and £12 million in 2019-20 for essential EU exit preparations for both deal and no deal scenarios. This will fund the administrative, legal and infrastructure requirements for Defence of leaving the EU, including for our bases and people in Europe. There has been no ministerial direction on this subject in the MOD.</p> |