The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table illustrates the data on police budget debt from which the capital came and the two histograms describe the distribution of the total applied wealth in two of the years 2017 and 2018 in an area of Britain.
Overall
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, all three sources have an upward trend
while
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the capital spent on remuneration was always the majority of contribution. In the first place, the uppermost amount of the police budget belonged to National Government, with 175.5 million in 2017 and kept increasing to 177.8 in 2018.
Then
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was followed by Local taxes at 91.2 tons and after 1 year, it increased by 102.3 trillion. Add to
this
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, other sources
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grants at 38 pounds in 2017 and rose only to 38.5 tons in the next year.
On the other hand
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, how the money was spent, the majority of the police budget goes on the salaries of officers and staff, dropping slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Meanwhile, the proportion of building and transport remained steady, at 17% in both years. The differing pattern can be seen in the category of technology, there is inflation from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018, which is the lowest rate during the given period.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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