Government is expecting to spend £14,044 for each person on Island over the next 12 months.
This includes:
- £4,214 for social security payments such as the state pension, Income Support, Child Benefit and allocation of National Insurance funds towards the NHS
- £3,559 for health and social care services - £1,406 related to Noble's Hospital, £872 for Primary care, £564 for Social Care Services, £199 for providing free or subsidised prescriptions or drugs and £237 for treating Manx patients in the UK
- £1,455 for education - including £128 for university fees
- £1,384 for former government employee pensions, of which around £401 comes from current employee contributions
- £450 for the police, fire, prison and other parts of the Department of Home Affairs
- £239 for supporting the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture including the Office of Fair Trading and Road Transport Licencing committe
- £121 net expenditure (after income) for public transport and heritage railways
- £83 for sports, recreation and youth services including subsidising regional swimming pools
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