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.

The given table and charts illustrate the police expenditure between 2017 and 2018 in the UK.

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table outlines the four different

sources

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of

budget

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which accounted

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millions of

pound

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pounds

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sterling, whilst the pie charts provide the rate of how the

budget

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was distributed.

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, the total

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apply

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budget

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showed an increase in 2018

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nearly 15 million.

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, the income mostly came from the national government source.

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, salaries became the most spent category.

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2017, the national government was the source where the highest

budget

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came from, which

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around 175.5m, and was almost half of the income from local taxes (91.2m). The other

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(eg grants) made up the smallest one for 38m. During

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year, three

quarter

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quarters

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of

money

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the money

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were

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spent on salaries, followed by the rest of the category for building and transport (17%) and technology (8%). In the next year, the amount of money from all

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rose by 13.9m, to 318.6m.

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to what happened in the previous year, the government national still became a majority

budget

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source for 177.8m, which is 75.5 million more compared to the nominal of local taxes

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provided. The

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still came from other

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for 38.5m. The money was distributed to roughly seven in ten rates counted for salaries (officers and staff) things, and the rest expanded to buildings and transport and technology for 17% and 14% respectively.