Senior UK Brexit ministry official says confident plans in place for 'no-deal' Brexit

The most senior official in Britain's Brexit ministry said on Tuesday he was confident that plans were in place for the possibility of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal.

"What I am confident is that there are plans in place," Philip Rycroft, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), told a committee of lawmakers in parliament.

"They are at a level of detail which satisfies the team at DEXEU ... we are constantly monitoring those plans to make sure they are kept up to date."