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. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates several funding sources for the police's allocation from 2017 to 2018 measured in millions,

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the pie graphs depict the number of money spent on wages, technology, building, and transportation purposes in the same year.

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, it is noticeable that the majority of the budget came from the national government division.

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, the account was spent mainly on officers' and staff's salaries needs.

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the given information, the total funding was dominantly from national government sources which accounted for 175.5

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and 177

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in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

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it followed by local taxes income of about 91

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in 2017 and around 100

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in 2018. Other than that, sources

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as grants only contributed 38

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and marginally increased to 38.5

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in 2018. Turning to the pie charts data, in both years, the amount spent by the police was mainly on paid salaries at 75% and nearly 70% in 2018.

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, the budget and transport spent was only 17% in both years, more than two times higher than mechanical expenses in 2018, but slightly higher than in 2018 at 14%.