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 form and pie charts describe the sources for the police

budget

,

as well as

how it was spent in 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain.

Overall

, the source that contributed the most to the police

budget

in

both

years

was National Government.

Then

local taxes' contribution ranked the second and the least came from other sources. In

both

years

, the money was mainly spent on

salaries

and the least

percentage

of the

budget

was spent on technology. In

both

years

, the majority of the

budget

came from National Government. Up to 175.5

million

came from National Government in 2017 and in 2018 the number rose to 177.8

million

. Local taxes contributed 91.2

million

to the

budget

in 2017 and 102.3

million

in 2018. In

both

years

, there was a contribution of around 38

million

from other sources. The

budget

in 2017 was 304.7

million

in total, and the

budget

in 2018 was 318.6

million

in total. In

both

years

, the same

percentage

of the

budget

was distributed to buildings and transport, which was 17% of the entire

budget

. More money was invested in technology in 2018 than in 2017. In 2017, only 8% of the

budget

was spent on technology but the

percentage

rose to 14% in 2018. Most of the

budget

went to officers' and staff's

salaries

. In 2017,

salaries

accounted for 75% of the

budget

. The

percentage

of the

budget

spent on

salaries

dropped a little in 2018, which was 69%.