Total Government spending projected for 2017/18 equates to around ?12,277 per head for every man, woman and child of the Island’s population.

This per person figure includes:

• ?3,903 for Social Security payments such as the State Pension, Income Support and Child Benefit, plus ?613 for Social Care including ?194 for Children’s Services and ?419 for Adult Services
• ?2,531 for Health Services, including 228 for providing free or subsidised prescriptions or drugs, and ?232 for treating Manx patients in the United Kingdom
• ?1,202 for Education, including ?124 for University Fees
• ?1,183 for former Government employee pensions, of which around ?247 comes from current employee contributions
• ?405 for the Police, Fire, Prison and other parts of the Department of Home Affairs
• ?218 for supporting the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
• ?130 for Public Transport and Heritage Railways
• ?140 for Waste Management, in addition a further ?70 raised via local authorities or business waste charges
• ?60 for Sports and Arts, including subsidising local swimming pools
• ?13 for the Ports, with a further ?129 raised in charges
• ?14 for Drainage and operation of the sewerage system excluding rates