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A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union November 2017 About this guide and contacts This Short Guide summarises the work of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) including what it does, how much it costs, and recent and planned changes. If you would like to know more about the If you are interested in the NAO’s work The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending for Parliament and is independent of government. The Comptroller National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) work on and support for Parliament more widely, and Auditor General (C&AG), Sir Amyas Morse KCB, is an Officer the Department for Exiting the European please contact: of the House of Commons and leads the NAO. The C&AG certifies the accounts of all government departments and many Union, please contact: other public sector bodies. He has statutory authority to examine [email protected] and report to Parliament on whether departments and the bodies they fund have used their resources efficiently, effectively, and Peter Gray 020 7798 7665 with economy. Our studies evaluate the value for money of Director, Value for Money public spending, nationally and locally. Our recommendations and reports on good practice help government improve public [email protected] services, and our work led to audited savings of £734 million 020 7798 7575 in 2016. Paul Oliffe Director, Financial Audit Design & Production by NAO External Relations [email protected] DP Ref: 11570-001 020 7798 5323 © National Audit Office 2017 2 About this guide and contacts | A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union Contents Key facts About the How the The Department Exiting the Where the Department Department Department is one year on European Union spends its money structured Staff and pay The Department’s Key themes Appendix One – Appendix Two – Appendix Three – future budget from NAO reports Staff attitudes and Accountability Relevant NAO engagement to Parliament publications 3 A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union Key facts The Department for Exiting the The Department has three stated The Department’s spend and staffing European Union was set up in objectives relating directly to in 2016-17 July 2016 exiting the EU The Department was Lead the UK’s negotiations to £24.7 million formed by combining leave the EU and establish a spent by the Department staff and the functions new partnership between the in 2016-17. This comprises of the Cabinet Office’s EU and the UK £25.7 million expenditure Europe Unit, the Europe and £1.0 million income, Directorate of the Foreign against a budget of & Commonwealth Office £50.9 million and the UK’s Permanent Work with the devolved Representation to the EU administrations, Parliament and a wide range of other interested parties throughout By March 2017, the negotiations DExEU had 384 staff Lead and coordinate cross- government work to seize the opportunities and ensure a smooth process of exit, including the required domestic legislation, on the best possible terms 4 A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union About the Department The Department for Exiting the The Department is responsible for The Department’s stated objectives are to: European Union (DExEU) was set up in managing the process of exiting the lead the UK’s negotiations to leave the EU and July 2016, in response to the result of UK from the EU • establish a new partnership between the EU the EU referendum This includes overseeing the negotiations to leave and the UK; The Department was formed by combining staff the EU and establishing the future relationship • work with the devolved administrations, and functions of the Cabinet Office’s Europe Unit, the between the UK and the EU. Parliament and a wide range of other interested Europe Directorate of the FCO, and the UK’s Permanent DExEU works closely with other government parties throughout the negotiations; Representation to the EU (UKRep). UKRep continues departments to collect and analyse information to to operate as part of the FCO. The FCO transferred • lead and coordinate cross-government work to inform the UK’s negotiating positon and legislative £2.8 million funding for its European Department to seize the opportunities and ensure a smooth timetable. The Secretary of State has described the DExEU. It also provided 44 members of staff, on loan, process of exit, including the required domestic Department as “a mixture of a coordination, linking to give expert policy, legal and private office support to legislation, on the best possible terms; and policy department”.1 DExEU works most closely help establish DExEU. with the departments that are responsible for the policy • continue our work across Whitehall and in areas that are central to negotiations, such as the Brussels to ensure collective government on Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy European business, exercise our rights and and the Home Office. Any policy consequences from meet our obligations as a member of the EU the UK’s departure from the EU will continue to be the until we exit; and responsibility of the individual lead departments and not DExEU. • attract and develop great people and organise ourselves flexibly to deliver our objectives efficiently and effectively. 1 Evidence from Rt Hon. David Davis MP to the Committee for Exiting the European Union, HC 815, 14 December 2016, available at http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/ committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/exiting-the-european-union-committee/the-uks-negotiating-objectives-for-its-withdrawal-from-the-eu/oral/44457.pdf 5 A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union How the Department is structured DExEU is led under three director Department for Exiting the European Union UK Permanent Representation general groups and supported to the EU (UKRep) by a corporate centre directorate Philip Rycroft, Permanent Secretary Sir Tim Barrow, UK Permanent alongside embedded lawyers from the Representative to the EU Government Legal Department. It has Negotiation, Europe, international Economic Represents the UK in negotiations that coordination, delivery and security close links with the UK Representation partnership take place in the EU to the European Union, the Cabinet and legislation Office and its Europe Unit. Policy and delivery Planning and International Europe Unit in the Cabinet Office coordination analysis agreements and trade Philip Rycroft is Permanent Secretary and has Olly Robbins, Prime Minister’s responsibility for managing the Department’s overall Europe Adviser policy and legislative programme. Legislation and Market access Institutions and Supports the development and constitution and budget member states He is also Second Permanent Secretary, Head execution of the government’s withdrawal and establishment of a of the UK Governance Group in the Cabinet new partnership with the EU Office. This group leads the government’s work Negotiation Communications on constitutional and devolution issues that is coordination unit and stakeholders coordinated by DExEU and the Cabinet Office. Justice, security Corporate centre Legal advisers and migration Source: National Audit Offi ce analysis of the Department for Exiting the European Union’s documents 6 A Short Guide to the Department for Exiting the European Union The Department one year on The Department set out what it regards as its key achievements during 2016-17 in its Annual Report. Those relating most directly to the UK’s exit from the EU are: Leading the UK’s Working with the devolved Leading and coordinating cross-government work negotiations with the EU administrations, Parliament The Department has coordinated work across and others The Department has led government to ensure that other legislation in relation and coordinated policy The Department has undertaken to the UK’s departure from the EU is prepared and work across government multilateral and bilateral delivered. This includes work to produce the Repeal Bill, which to help shape the 12 objectives for engagement with the devolved when enacted will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and the negotiations set out by the Prime administrations, the Crown Dependencies and ensure a functioning statute book on the day the UK leaves the EU. Minister’s Lancaster House speech on Overseas Territories. The Department has worked with other departments to collect 17 January 2017. The February 2017 and analyse data to support the UK’s negotiating position, and will white paper on the UK’s exit from, and There have been four debates in Parliament on continue to scrutinise this information throughout the negotiations. new partnership with, the EU set out issues ranging from workers’ rights to security DExEU is also working with departments to ensure that they are the government’s objectives and the cooperation, and DExEU ministers have given planning for the consequences of any implementation processes rationale underpinning the approach to evidence to 15 select committee sessions, arising from Brexit and the UK’s new relationship with the EU. the negotiations. including two appearances by the Secretary of State in front of the Exiting the EU Select The Department has established a series of cross-government The European Union (Notification Committee. The Department has also engaged governance arrangements to coordinate work. The Prime Minister of Withdrawal) Act received Royal with business, local government and civil also established and chairs Cabinet committees on European Union Assent on 16 March 2017. The Prime society, including through ministerial roundtables exit and trade, and the negotiations to oversee the exit at Cabinet Minister subsequently wrote to the and meetings. DExEU stated that by January level, which are supported by a joint secretariat in the Department President of the European Council 2017 it had held 150 stakeholder engagement and the Cabinet Office. on 29 March 2017, to trigger Article events.
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