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 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 table illustrates the police
budget
from the national government, local taxes, and other sources in the area of the UK from 2017 to 2018. The pie chart compares how the expenditure was spent on three different things,
such
as salaries, technology, buildings and transport.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the police
budget
in 2018 was higher than the
budget
in 2017. We can see that salaries accounted for the largest proportion of expenditure. In 2017, the total
budget
was around 204.7
million
. The figure for national government spent 175.5
million
on the police
budget
, which decreased by 2.3
million
in 2018 national government spending on. Local taxes
,
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had increased significantly from 2017 to 2018, with 91.2
million
and 102.3
million
respectively. There was a slight rise in the other sources between 2017 and 2018, by 0.5
million
. Compared to the total
budget
in 2017, there was 318.6
million
in 2018.
However
, the salaries in one area of Britain at 69%, were lower than that in 2017, at 75%.
By contrast
, money spent on technology in 2017 was 6% more than in 2018. There was a remain stable in the expenditure of buildings and transport.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words budget, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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