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. Write at least 150 words.

Both the presented pie charts and table give data on the police

budget

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, for a single zone in Britain.

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the table illustrates the sources of

this

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budget

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, in

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pounds, in terms of three different categories, all of which are presented in 2017 and 2018, the pie charts depict the contribution of three ways of spending money in these two years. As it is clear from the table, the dominant source of the

budget

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is the National Government, with 175.5

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and 177.8

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in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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, the least amount of

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money comes from Other income with only 38

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and 38.5

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pounds.

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,

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the largest segment of police expenditure for both 2017 and 2019 was salaries with 75% and 69% chronologically, which shows a 6% fall by 2018, the smallest portion belongs to Buildings and transportation with 17% for both years.

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feature which is notable is the increase of Technology's share by 6%, from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018.