Government canteen overspent £105,000

The government office canteen overspent by more than £100,000 last year, it's been revealed.

In a written reply to a House of Keys question from North Douglas MHK David Ashford, Health and Social Care Minister Kate Beecroft broke down how catering services went £1.1 million over budget.

She said Noble's hospital kitchen had overspent by £377,000 while the hospital's staff restaurant went £364,000 into the red.

Schools and the college cost an extra £124,000, but the costs were slightly offset by a combined profit of £409,000 made by Noble's coffee shop and Ramsey Cottage Hospital's kitchen.