Spending equates to £13,220 per person
Total Government gross spending projected for 2020-21 equates to around £13,220 per head for every man, woman and child of the Island’s population*.
This per person figure includes:
- £3,936 for Social Security payments such as the State Pension, Income Support and Child Benefit
- £3,321 for Health and Social Care Services, of which £1,346 relates to Nobles Hospital, £821 for Primary Care, £520 for Social Care Services, £199 for providing free or subsidised prescriptions or drugs and £243 for treating Manx patients in the United Kingdom
- £1,439 for Education, including £133 for University Fees
- £1,297 for former Government employee pensions, of which around £367 comes from current employee contributions
- £462 for the Police, Fire, Prison and other parts of the Department of Home Affairs
- £250 for supporting the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, including the Office of Fair Trading & Road Transport Licencing Committee
- £223 Net Expenditure (after income) for Public Transport and Heritage Railways
- £142 for Waste Management, in addition a further £73 raised via local authorities or business waste charges
- £64 for Sports and Arts, including subsidising regional swimming pools
*Assumes population of 84,353 per Economic Affairs, Cabinet Office (September 2019)
