The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one are of Britian. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distribiuted.

The table shows the data on the budget sources

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gained from 2017 to 2018,

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pie charts illustrate the spending of

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in Britain in the same period.

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, It is noticeable that the main income of British

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comes from the national government for both years an average of 176

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.

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, the majority of spending went to the salaries of officers and staff. Even though the percentage of staff salaries decreased in 2017, it still took more than half of

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spending.

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cost, the national government provides the highest proportion of the

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budget compared to other sources. It was 175.5

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and increased to 177.8

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in 2018. In the same way, money from local taxes has levelled off to 102.3

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from 91.2

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in 2017.

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grants give a similar amount of income of 38

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in both years. With regard to the pie charts, most of the income was spent on officers' salaries. It took 75% and 69% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Yet, the level of money used for building and transport was identical to 17% in 2017 and 2018.

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, there was an increase in the budget for technological parts from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018.