The table and charts detailed below give information about the police budget in 2017 and 2018 in on area of Britain. The table illustrates where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.

The table details the sources of funding for the police and the pie charts show the distribution of

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budget. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that the contributions of all sources increased, though local taxes displayed the greatest funding growth. In terms of spending, there was a marked increase in technology funding, buildings and transport

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unchanged, and salaries declined though

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category continued to represent the vast majority of the budget. In 2017, the national government contributed 175.5

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pounds, slightly below the number for the following year (177.8m). Local taxes,

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, were lower

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in both years but grew considerably from £91.2

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to £102.3

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. Other sources,

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as grants, were largely unchanged, rising slightly from 38 to 38.5

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. The total figure grew by 13.9m to 318.6m. In terms of budgetary allocation, 75% of the budget was devoted to salaries in 2017 and

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figure declined to 69% the following year. Money for technology nearly doubled, going from 8% to 14%,

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spending on buildings and transport was unaltered at 17% in each year surveyed.