Isle of Man Government

The Isle of Man Government ( _gv. Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The head of the Isle of Man Government is the Chief Minister.

Douglas, the largest town on the Isle of Man is its capital and seat of government, where the Government offices and the parliament chambers (Tynwald) are located.

The Civil Service has more than 2000 employees and the total number of public sector employees including the Civil Service, teachers, nurses, police, etc is about 9000 people. This is somewhat more than 10% of the population of the Island, and a full 23% of the working population. This does not include any military forces, as defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

Government structure

The Government consists of nine departments, ten statutory boards and three offices all reporting to the Council of Ministers. The departments all report directly to the Council of Ministers.

Statutory boards and offices are listed below the department that they report via.

*Council of Ministers
**The Personnel Office
***Civil Service Commission
***Whitley Council (for manual workers)
**Chief Secretary's Office
**Attorney General's Chambers

*Departments
**Treasury
***Financial Supervision Commission
***Insurance and Pensions Authority
***General Registry
**Department of Home Affairs
***Communications Commission
**Department of Health and Social Security
**Department of Education
**Department of Trade and Industry
***Office of Fair Trading
***Post Office
***Water Authority
***Electricity Authority
**Department of Tourism and Leisure
**Department of Transport
**Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
**Department of Local Government and the Environment
*Non-departmental bodies
** Manx National Heritage is a non-departmental organization, run by trustees appointed by Tynwald. [http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/about/howwework.xml]
** The Gambling Supervision Commission is an independent commission created in 1960, with commissioners appointed by the Council of Ministers.
** The Office of the Data Protection Supervisor is the supervisory body responsible for the administration of Data Protection in the Isle of Man.

Current office holders

*Department of the Treasury - Chief Executive and Government Chief Financial Officer: Mark Shimmin
*Department of Home Affairs - Chief Executive: Will Greenhow
*Department of Health and Social Security - Chief Executive: David Killip
*Department of Education - Director: John Cain
*Department of Trade and Industry - Chief Executive: Chris Corlett
*Department of Tourism and Leisure - Chief Executive: Carol Glover
*Department of Transport - Chief Executive: Ian Thompson
*Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Chief Executive: Tony Warren
*Department of Local Government and the Environment - Chief Executive: Ken Kinrade

tatutory boards and offices

*Chief Registrar: R P Corkhill
*Chairman of the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading: Quintin Gill MHK
**Chief Executive: Nick Black
*Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission: Rosemary Penn
**Chief Executive: John Aspden
*Chairman of the Insurance and Pensions Authority: "vacant"
**Chief Executive: David Vick
*Chairman of the Isle of Man Post Office: Pamela Crowe MLC
**Chief Executive: Bill Collister
*Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority: David Cannan MHK
**Chief Executive: Patrick Heaton Armstrong
*Chairman of the Manx Electricity Authority: Eddie Teare MHK
**Chief Executive: Ashton Lewis
*Chairman of the Communications Commission: Minister of Home Affairs, Martyn Quayle MHK (ex-officio)
**Director: Anthony Hewitt
*Chairman of the Civil Service Commission: John Houghton MHK
**Chief Officer: Brenda Skillicorn
*Chairman of Manx National Heritage: Martin Moore
**Chief Executive: Stephen Harrison
*Chairman of the Gambling Supervision Commission: Jane O'Rourke

References

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