PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Expenditure (9 January 2019)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with other Departments on providing fiscal support to the providers of public services for changes to their costs in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated deal.

Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

As a responsible government, we are committed to ensuring all necessary preparations are made before the UK’s departure from the EU in March, for all scenarios - including ‘no deal’.

At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor announced an additional £1.5bn in both 2018/19 and 2019/20 to help departments and the devolved administrations prepare for all Brexit scenarios; for 2019/20, this was further increased by £500m at Budget 2018, to £2bn. A full breakdown of the 2018/19 allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement HCWS540, laid before Parliament on the 13th March 2018: (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/)

A full breakdown of the 2019/20 allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1205, laid before Parliament on the 19th December 2018: (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/)

HM Treasury is in regular discussions with departments regarding their EU-exit preparations; any specific queries relating to the preparations of individual departments or public-sector providers should be made to the department in question.

Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
14 January 2019