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 given table and pie chart compare the police budget from 3 sources and its distribution between 2017 and 2018 in a particular place in England.

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, the input money, which largely came from the government, increased over the period.

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, the percentage of the amount spent on salaries was the highest in both years. Starting with the budget, British government bodies, which was the most important financial source, provided the police office with £175.5m in 2017.

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slightly increased to £177.8m in the next year. In comparison, £91.2m and £102.3m were from local taxes in 2017 and 2018, respectively; meanwhile, other sources contributed only approximately £38m in the examined years. Regarding financial distribution, in the initial year,

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the office spent

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of their money paying for officers and staff, only 8% was used for technology. In comparison, the data for the prior decreased by 6%,

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that for the latter rose to 14%. Notably, the buildings and transport

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remained stable at 17% in both years.