By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 10:02 EST, 9 August 2013 | UPDATED: 13:34 EST, 9 August 2013 British taxpayers have sent almost £10million in aid to a tiny South Pacific island paradise in just four years, it emerged today. The 52 residents of the isolated Pitcairn Island have benefited from millions of pounds in funding from the Department for International Development since 2009. Latest figures show the annual spending on the British territory has more than doubled in that time, and is now equal to £69,230 for each of the island’s inhabitants, descendants of sailors who took part in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty.
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Pitcairn Island has received £10million since 2009 but residents pay no tax
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52 inhabitants are  descendants of sailors from the Mutiny on the Bounty
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Island
In 2012-13 DfID set a budget of £3.6million for the 'effective and efficient management of @placeholder's public services provision'.
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Island
The @placeholder aid budget has soared since six men were accused of child sex abuse on the island, and it is believed that some of the money has been spent on constructing a prison for the men after they were found guilty.