the table and charts below give infromation on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of britain. the table shows where the money come from and the charts show how it was distributed

The table and pie charts provide data on the police

budget

in certain areas of Britain between 2017 and 2018. The table gives information on the

budget

’s source and the pie charts illustrate the

budget

allocation.

Overall

, all sources raised their

budget

for the police,

therefore

making the sum higher in 2018. The money is mainly distributed for salaries,

although

it displayed a slight decrease because of an increase in technology over the recorded periods. The police’s total

budget

was 304.7

m

in 2017, before rising to 318.6

m

in 2018. The biggest funds came from the National Government, as it was 175.5

m

in 2017 and 177.8 in 2018. Local taxes

also

showed an incline to 102.3

m

in 2018 from 91.2

m

in 2017. The other sources,

such

as grants, only grew by 0.5

m

in 2018. In 2017, the money was mostly allocated for salaries as it took three per fourth of the pie. The remaining quarter was for technology at 8% and buildings and transport at 17%. These changed in 2018 when technology was now 14%, so the salaries proportion fell to 69%.

Nonetheless

, the distribution of buildings and transport was steady.