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. 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.

The table and chart provide details on the police budget and the expenditure, respectively, for the years 2017 and 2018.

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the sources of income are National government, local taxes, and other sources like grants, the items of expenditure are salaries, technology, building, and transportation.

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, it is clear from the table and charts that the budget relies majorly on local taxes and most of the money was spent on technology in the year 2018. The unit of revenue is in pounds

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the table on sources of income, local taxes have increased to 102.3m in 2018 from 91.2m in 2017. The national government's contribution rose to 177.8m and grants contributed 38.5m which in total made the revenue shoot up by 13.9m from the budget of the previous year. The police department used

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extra income to fund technology expenses. In terms of spending, there is a significant rise in it

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automation processes, from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018 accompanied by a decrease in the amount of money spent on salaries i.e from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018.