Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the cost to the public purse has been of the analyses undertaken to assess the potential effect on different sectors of the UK economy in the event that no deal is reached in negotiations for the UK to leave the EU.

We are confident of securing a deal which is in the interests of both the UK as a whole and our European partners. However, a responsible Government should prepare for all potential outcomes, and that is exactly what we are doing across the whole of Government.

As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European Union, we are carrying out a wide range of analysis. Officials in DExEU and other Departments across Whitehall continue to work to provide the most up to date evidence to inform our negotiations with the EU.

This work is undertaken as business as usual and so is paid for out of the Department’s budget. The Department does not hold information centrally concerning other Department’s expenditure.