The 2009 Budget – By The Numbers
Some of the numbers from this year's Budget:
-$6,307,000
Government's current account deficit – the first in living memory.
$637,717,000
Government's projected net debt for 2009-10.
$29,700,000
The amount Government will pay on interest on its debt this year.
$177,802,000
The budget for the Ministry of Health, Bermuda's biggest spending Ministry this year.
$343,857,000
The among Government will spend on salaries this year, a four percent increase on 2008-9
5,815
The number of full-time Government employees in 2009-10.
90
The net increase in Government employees this year.
August 31, 2009
The date by which the Boundaries Commission must have begun its work redrawing Bermuda's parliamentary constituencies.
19,413
Number of website hits recorded on the Department of Statistics website in 2007, compared to 4,382 in 2008.
307
Number of Civil Service posts advertised in 2008-9. 115 were filled.
8
Number of times ferry service was disrupted in 2008 – down from 28 in 2007
49,452
Number of vehicles inspected at the Transport Control Department in 2008