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.

The table shows sources of police budget in an area located in Britain in 2017 and 2018,

while

the pie charts illustrate how the

money

was spent in the same years. The initial impression is that the maximum

amount

of

money

was distributed for salaries and

this

money

mostly came from the national government in both 2017 and 2018. It is seen from the table that the total police budget was about 318

million

pounds

in 2018 which was about 14

million

pounds

more than 2017.

In addition

, the highest

amount

of

money

was taken from the national government over 175

million

pounds

in 2017 and 2018. In 2108, the

amount

of budget came from local taxes,

however

, witnessed an increase of almost 10

million

pounds

,

while

other sources remained slightly unchanged at around 18

million

pounds

.

According to

the pie charts, the gained

money

significantly spent on officers' and staff's salaries which was approximately one-fourth in 2017 and just above two-sixth in 2018. The

amount

of gathering

money

distributed in buildings and transport,

moreover

, was nearly under one-fifth which did not change from 2017 to 2018.

Additionally

, technology got the least

amount

of

money

in two years. It was 8% in 2017 which had a rise of 6% in 2018.