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 and pie chart
present
the different sources of the police Change the verb form
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budget
in one British region and how the money was distributed in the year Use synonyms
of
2017 and 2018. At first glance, it is clear Change preposition
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to see
that the Verb problem
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budget
that spent in the police force increased in 2018, with more spending Use synonyms
in
technology and less Change preposition
on
in
salary.
In more detail, compared to the 304.7 Change preposition
on
million
dollar Use synonyms
budget
in 2017, there was an increase in 2018 at 308.6 Use synonyms
million
dollar spending Use synonyms
in
the police. And one main source of the Change preposition
on
budget
is Use synonyms
federal
government, from which the Add an article
the federal
budget
rose slightly from 175.5 to 177.6 Use synonyms
million
dollars in 2017. The second major source was local taxes, from which the Use synonyms
budget
showed Use synonyms
more
significant rise from 91.2 Add an article
a more
million
dollars in 2017 to 102.3 Use synonyms
million
dollars in 2018.
In terms of how money was spent, salary accounted for the largest portion of the annual Use synonyms
budget
in both years, at 75% in 2017 and 69% in 2018 respectively. Use synonyms
While
the percentage of salary was decreasing, the spending Linking Words
in
technology increased nearly double. It rose from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. And the percentage of spending Change preposition
on
in
building and transport remained unchanged at 17% in both 2017 and 2018.Change preposition
on
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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