Education had lowest departmental spend on Brexit

Government defends its record despite DfE's low spending on Brexit preparations

The Department for Education has stressed that fit made “extensive preparations” for Brexit as a National Audit Office report revealed it spent the least of all government departments.

The NAO report, published on 6 March, revealed the DfE spent just £12 million on preparations for Brexit between June 2016 and 31 January 2020, the lowest level of spending across Whitehall. The Department for International Development had the second lowest spend at £19m, followed by the Competition and Markets Authority at £23m.