TOTAL Government spending in the Isle of Man equates to £10,892 per year for every man, woman and child in the community.
This figure includes:
- £3,226 per head on benefits including the State Pension, Income Support and Child Benefit.
- £609 per head on social care, comprising £232 on children’s services and £377 on adult services.
- £2,120 per head on health services, including £266 each on providing free or subsidised prescriptions, and £168 each on treating Manx patients in the United Kingdom.
- £1,072 on education, including £141 on university fees.
- £348 on the police, fire and prison services and on other parts of the Department of Home Affairs.
- £181 on supporting agriculture, fisheries and forestry and the wildlife park.
- £66 on waste management, (in addition a further £127 is raised via local authorities or private companies) and £74 on Local Authority housing deficiencies.
- £106 per head on public transport and heritage railways.
- £45 on sports and arts, including subsidising local swimming pools and £21 on entertainment.
- £61 per head on the ports (with a further £124 per head raised in charges), £2 per head on the highways (in addition to the £164 per head collected via Vehicle Duty and registrations), and £82 per head on drainage and operation of the sewerage system.
- £740 per head on former Government employees’ pensions, of which around £179 comes from current employees contributions.