Sajid Javid To Announce Extra £2 Billion Brexit Funding In Spending Round

Chancellor Sajid Javid will announce an additional £2 billion of Brexit funding for government departments when he sets out public spending and investment plans on Wednesday.

Javid will use the 12-month spending round to confirm that £2 billion of Brexit money provided in 2019/20 will continue into 2020/21 – to be spent on projects linked to Brexit delivery after the UK leaves the EU.

It will include funding for the Home Office to support Border Force capability and money for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to explore developing the UK’s own global navigation satellite system.

The announcement brings the total spent on planning for and delivering Brexit since the 2016 referendum to more than £8.3 billion.

Javid said: “One of my first acts as Chancellor was to announce £2.1 billion additional funding to prepare to leave the EU. We’ve now provided £8.3 billion to help departments prepare for Brexit.

“This new funding will ensure that departments can grasp the opportunities created by Brexit after we leave on 31 October.”

The government has already announced extra money for a number of departments ahead of the spending round.

This includes £210 million of funding to help offer training opportunities to frontline NHS staff in a bid to improve standards and retain nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.

There will be an additional £1.8 billion to improve patient care – with £800 million of that going to the 20 hospitals in most urgent need and £400 million in education for 16 to 19-year-olds next year to help give young people “a brighter future”.