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 making relevant comparisons.

The table demonstrates the sources and amount of police

budget

in one area of Britain between 2017 and 2018, and the two pie charts illustrate the way the money was spent during

this

period. The total police

budget

was 304.7 and 318.6

million

pounds

in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In 2017, the national government provided the highest amount of money, which is 175.5

million

pounds

and it grew up to 177.8

million

pounds

in 2018. In 2017, the

budget

from the national government was almost twice the local taxes.

However

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the

budget

from the local taxes increased from 91.2

million

pounds

to 102.3

million

pounds

between 2017 and 2018. When it came to the distributions, there were 75% and 69% of the

budget

spent on the salaries for police officers and staff in 2017 and 2018 respectively

while

buildings and transport which were 17% in both years were runner-up.

In addition

, the least cost was technology.

Overall

, the highest

budget

was from the national government, followed by local taxes and other sources.

Besides

, among all distributions, the salaries topped the charts, as opposed to the spending on technology which was the least.