Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of where the £17.3 million in EU exit funding for his Department will be allocated.

The MoJ has been allocated £17.3 million for essential EU exit preparations in 2018-19. This will cover additional staff and other requirements to prepare for EU Exit preparations, funding to support judicial functions, and some technical preparations in Courts and the Legal Aid Agency. As with all Reserve funding, finalised allocations will be confirmed at Supplementary estimates 2018-19 in early 2019.