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The three pie charts provide information about the investment of money in five different categories by a specific UK school. The analysis takes into account three years: 1981, 1991 and 2001. It is clear that the major percentage of funds is spent on Teachers' salaries,
although
 it is noticeable a decrease of five percentage points from 1991 (50%) to 2001 (45%).
By contrast
, the salary for other workers of the school suffered a constant decline throughout these years. At the beginning in 1981,
this
 feature represented 28% of the total spending. It decreased to 22% in 1991 to reach only 15% in 2001.
Moreover
, it is relevant the drop of the spending on Resources and books between the years 1991 and 2001, whereas the investments in furniture and equipment rise significantly, after a drop between the year 1981 and 1991. In conclusion, is noteworthy the slight increase in the investment in Insurance. Over the period 1991 – 2001, its percentage almost tripled.
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