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 charts and table illustrate the police budget and the distribution of funds in one area of Britain. The study was conducted in the

years

2017 and 2018.

Overall

, it can be seen that the main source of the budget was the national government in both

years

.

Whereas

, other sources accounted for the least.

While

spending on building and transport was witnessed high.

However

, salaries distribution was shared the same ratio in both the observed

years

. Looking at the details of the table, there were three different sources of money. The first national government contributed high as compared to others which constituted 175.5m and 177.8m in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Local taxes recorded at 91.3m in 2017 and soared to 102.3m in 2018.

In contrast

, other sources shared the same amount of money in both the

years

which was 38m. Moving towards the rest of the information, the pie charts show the spending of budget in three categories; salaries, technology and building or transport. The major amount of money spent on salaries of staff and officers was 75% and 69% in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

However

, technology was witnessed by 8% in 2017 and escalated by 14% in the later year.

In addition

, buildings

together with

transportation shared an equal proportion which was 17%.