The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table show where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.

The table shows the sources of police

budgets

between 2017 and 2018, and the two pie charts give information concerning the spending during

this

period. One of the first things to note is that the total police

budgets

increased by 13.9m from 304.7m to 318.6m. As the table clearly shows, most of the

budgets

came from the national government since more than half of the

budgets

were accounted for .

In contrast

, local taxes increased by 1.1m

while

the other sources remained stable at 38m. As the pie chart clearly shows, it is noteworthy that three-quarters of the budget was spent on salaries.

However

,

this

figure slightly decreased from 75% in 2017 and 69% in 2018.

In contrast

, spending on technology skyrocketed to 14% in 2018.

Lastly

, the spending on buildings and transport remained stable during

this

period.

Overall

,

it is clear that

half of the budget was sourced by the national government and three-quarters of the money was spent on police salaries.