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 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 main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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The data illustrates the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one part of Britain. The table outlines where money was given from and the charts represent how they
spent
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. First of all, in the table, it can be seen that local taxes had dramatic
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in the given period. In the first
year
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, it gained 91. 2m and in the latter
year
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, it increased to 102. 3m, respectively.
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local taxes
was
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not considered
as
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a big source of money because the
most
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largest
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proportion of income was from
national
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the national
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government (175. 5m
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2017 and 177. 8m
from
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2018). Coming to the next point,
it is clear that
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police
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budget was spent mainly on
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salaries
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the salaries
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of officers and staff in both years. It is because in first
year
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, the fragment of
salaries
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was just 3 quarters and in the second
year
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,
although
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, it got slightly decrease(69%), it did not effect its dominance. But others had small segments compared to
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, the
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of technology was 8% and it shifted to 14%
while
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buildings and transport had 17% and it remained steady in both years.
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, it is obvious that sources from
national
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the national
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government
was
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dominant among other incomes and the biggest amount of
police
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the police
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budget was spent on
salaries
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Vocabulary: Replace the words year, m, salaries with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "give" 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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