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Budget cost per person revealed in Tynwald

Tue, 16 Feb 2016

£3,791 is being spent on Social Security payments - like the State Pension, Income Support and Child Benefit. 

£582 has been allocated per person to Social Care - including £192 for Children's Services and £390 to Adult Services. 

There's a £2,387 Health Service spend for every individual, and £1,175 is to be allocated for education.

£395 is for police, fire, prison and other Home Affairs services, and £214 goes to Environment, Food and Agriculture. 

For every man, woman and child £70 will be spent on waste management, £26 on drainage, and an additional £139 on local authority business charges. 

£68 on the arts and sport, £162 will be dished out to pay for public transport and the Heritage Railways, £52 will pay for ports, and £139 in raised charges.  

£945 goes towards former government employee pensions. 

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