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

The table illustrates the police

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from which the money came, and the two pie charts describe how the money was allocated in 2017 and 2018 in a Britain region.

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, it is apparent that there was an upward trend in all three distinct sources

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the

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was mostly spent on wages. Looking into more detail, ‘National Government’ has always been the biggest contributor compared to the other categories, with 175.5

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pounds in 2017 and rising to 177.8

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pounds in 2018. The number was followed by ‘Local Taxes’ at 91.2

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in 2017 and rose significantly to 102.3

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a year later.

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, the financial support from ‘Other Sources’ was the lowest, with 38

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in 2017 and a small increase to 38,5

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in 2018. In terms of how the

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was allocated, the majority of the police

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went to salaries for officers and staff, and it dropped from 75% in 2017 to 64% in 2018. Meanwhile, the money allocated for ‘Buildings and Transport’ remained constant at 17% each year.

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, a different pattern could be seen in the category of technology where the figure rose sharply from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018 which was the lowest proportion in the given period.