Total Government spending projected for 2018-19 equates to around £12,667 per head for every man, woman and child of the Island’s population.
This per person figure includes:
- £3,953 for Social Security payments such as the State Pension, Income Support and Child Benefit, £618 for Social Care, including £189 for Children’s Services and £429 for Adult Services
- £2,621 for Health Services, including £217 for providing free or subsidised prescriptions or drugs, and £233 for treating Manx patients in the United Kingdom
- £1,331 for Education, including £120 for University Fees
- £1,278 for former Government employee pensions, of which around £287 comes from current employee contributions
- £409 for the Police, Fire, Prison and other parts of the Department of Home Affairs
- £223 for supporting the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
- £142 for Public Transport and Heritage Railways
- £148 for Waste Management, in addition a further £67 raised via local authorities or business waste charges
- £59 for Sports and Arts, including subsidising local swimming pools
Note: Assumes population of 83,811 per the December 2017 estimate in the Quarterly Economic Report to Council of Ministers.
