PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Expenditure (14 January 2019)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department’s policy to provide additional fiscal support to providers of public services should their costs change as a result of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and if (a) such inflationary effects have not been compensated by the Treasury and (b) the funding commitments referred to in response to Question 206791 have been deployed in full.

Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

HM Treasury is in regular discussion with departments and public-sector providers about the pressures they face. As a responsible government, we are committed to ensuring that all necessary preparations are made before the UK’s departure from the EU in March, for all scenarios – including ‘no-deal’. Any specific queries relating to the preparations of individual departments or public-sector providers should be made to the department in question.

The funding commitments referred to in Question 206791 relate to two different financial years - 2018-19 and 2019-20. Funding will be confirmed through the estimates process in the relevant year.

Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
17 January 2019