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| Formed | 1 April 2010 |
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| Dissolved | 31 March 2014 |
| Superseding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | Isle of Man |
| Headquarters | Markwell House, Market Street, Douglas, Isle of Man |
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The Department of Social Care (Manx: Rheynn Kiarail y Theay) was a department of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2010, taking on the social services and social security functions of the former Department of Health and Social Security as well as the social housing function of the former Department of Local Government and the Environment. On 2 December 2013 as part of the Council of Ministers' plans to modernize ministerial government[1] it was announced that the Department of Health and the Department of Social Care (with the exception of Social Security, which would move to Treasury) would merge on 1 April, subject to the approval of Tynwald. The move was by and large a reversal of one element of the restructuring of the Isle of Man Government in April 2010 which saw the former Department of Health and Social Security split to form the Department of Health and the Department of Social Care.
During its existence, the Department of Social Care was the largest department of the Isle of Man Government in terms of budget.
- ^ "Chief Minister announces move to smaller, stronger Government". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.