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 given table and charts illustrate the police

expenditure

as well as

how it was spent in one particular area of Britain from 2017 to 2018. The table shows the sources of the

budget

's funds

while

the charts show where the funds are spent.

Overall

, the total police

budget

increased, with the national government being the most bigger funder in the years 2017 and 2018. In terms of

expenditure

, salaries fall during the time period.

It is clear that

, in 2017, the police had a total

budget

of 304,7

million

which rose dramatically to 318,6

million

in 2018. The vast majority of

this

money was sourced from the national government increasing from 175,5

million

to 177,8

million

. The local taxes saw the largest growth from 91,2

million

to 102,8

million

while

other sources

such

as grants accounted for 38,5

million

of the

budget

in 2018, 0,5

million

more than the previous year. In terms of the

expenditure

of officer and staff salaries decreased significantly from 75% of the total to 69%.

However

, the

expenditure

on technology experienced a slight growth from 8% to 14%,

while

expenditure

on building and transport remained unchanged the same at 17% during the time period.