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

The table illustrates the various sources of the police

budget

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, whilst the pie charts depict the

money

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distribution on salaries, technology, and buildings and transport in one particular

Britain’s

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area in 2017 and 2018. At a glance, the highest

budget

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was from

national

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the national

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government and the major percentage of

money

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spending

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was on the police salary in the two given periods. In regard to the table, the total

money

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was £304.7

million

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in 2017, which consisted of the national government, local taxes, and other sources which made

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£175.5

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, £91.2

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, and £38

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respectively. In the next year, each source raised their contributions and made the total

budget

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up to £318.6

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. In terms of the pie charts, the main spending -officers and staff salaries- accounted for 75% in the initial year,

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it experienced a drop

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6% in 2018.

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with technology, the proportion of the

budget

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distributed was 8% and climbed to 14% in the

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year.

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, the

money

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which is distributed on buildings and transport made up 17% and stabilized until the end of the period.