Total government spending projected for 2018-19 equates to about £12,667 per head for every man, woman and child in the island.

This per person figure includes:

*£3,953 for social security payments such as the state pension, income support and child benefit, £618 for social care, including £189 for children’s services and £429 for adult services

*£2,621 for health services, including £217 for providing free or subsidised prescriptions or drugs, and £233 for treating Manx patients in the UK

*£1,331 for education, including £120 for university fees

*£1,278 for former government employee pensions, of which around £287 comes from current employee contributions

*£409 for the police, fire, prison and other parts of the Department of Home Affairs

*£223 for supporting the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture

*£142 for public transport and heritage railways

*£148 for waste management, in addition a further £67 raised via local authorities or business waste charges

*£59 for sports and arts, including subsidising local swimming pools