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 pie charts illustrate the
sources
of the Use synonyms
police
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budget
and how they were allocated in a particular area of Britain in 2017 and 2018.
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Overall
, it is discernible from the charts that there was an increase in the Linking Words
police
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budget
and the percentage of money spent on buildings and transport remained unchanged from 2017 to 2018.
In 2017, the total investment in the Use synonyms
police
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budget
was 304.7 Use synonyms
million
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pounds
, which was mainly coming from National Government (175.5 Use synonyms
million
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pounds
). Use synonyms
While
local taxes contributed 91.2 Linking Words
million
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pounds
, other Use synonyms
sources
were only about 38 Use synonyms
million
, much lower than that of the other two Use synonyms
sources
. Notably, 75% of the total investment was allocated to the salaries of officers and staff, and only 8% was contributed to technology.
In the following year, the amount of money invested in the Use synonyms
police
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budget
from all Use synonyms
sources
rose to 318.6 Use synonyms
million
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pounds
, including 177.8 Use synonyms
million
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pounds
from National Government and 102.3 Use synonyms
million
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pounds
from local taxes. The Use synonyms
budget
allocation for buildings and transport remained the same, at 17%, Use synonyms
whereas
the proportion of money spent on technology increased by 6% at the expense of a reduction in salaries data to reach 69% in 2018.Linking Words
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