Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2019 to Question 207565, Wales Office: Brexit, for what reason his Department holds no information on allocation of funding for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is working to prepare for a successful UK exit from the EU. The work involves preparations for exit with and without a deal. Neither our organisational structures nor our allocations of funding distinguish between these scenarios.
Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
Answered by Nigel Adams
Work to prepare for a successful EU exit is a key priority for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The work is funded from the Office’s £4.6 million budget for 2018-19. In addition, the Office was allocated £0.3 million in EU exit funding for this financial year. None of this funding has been made by Ministerial direction.
The Office holds no information on allocation of funding for leaving the EU without a deal. Work on deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work.