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 presents the funding of police in a British region from 2017 to 2018 and the pie chart illustrates the percentage of different categories on which money was spent.

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, most of the police budget came from the national government. The local taxes

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witnessed a rise over a year,

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the figure for other sources stayed unchanged.

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, the fund spent on salaries for officers and staff took up the largest proportion,

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the opposite was true for technology. As can be seen, the contribution of the national government was recorded to be at the top of the list as it took up more than half of the total budget, which stood at 175.5

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in 2017 and 177.8

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in 2018. After a 12-month session, the money from local taxes rosed considerably from 91.2

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to 102.3

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.

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, other sources

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as grants stabilized at approximately 38

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. Regarding how the funding was spent, wages made up 75% in the first year and

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decreased to 69% in the next year.

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, it still comprised the largest fraction. Technology climbed as well from just 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. Meanwhile, the money used on buildings and transport remained stable at 17%.