Budget - £14,044 of spending per person on Island

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