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 illustrates the sources of providing police budget in 2017 and 2018,

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the pie charts demonstrate how the currency was spent in a region of Britain.

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, as we can see, the total budget for 2017 was slightly lower than in 2018, and in both years, the payment of wages had the highest portion. Looking at the table, it is easily apparent that the national government was the first source which was about 175. 5

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in 2017 and only slightly higher, approximately 178

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in 2018. The second rank belonged to local taxes which were, in sequence, around 90

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and about 100

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in 2017 and 2018.

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, the rest of the budget was provided by other resources which was approximately the same in both years with around 38

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. If we look at the charts, salaries made up the biggest proportion in these years, which was three fourth in 2017 and just a little under 70% in 2018.

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, buildings and transport had an equal percentage in the two pies which was 17%. The smallest portion was related to technology which was a little under 10% in 2017 and approximately 15% in 2018.