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 visual data given shows the policy budget for 2017 and 2018 in a certain area of Britain. There are two types of data,

firstly

there is a table showing the

sources

of financial

funds

, showing three

sources

of

funds

: the national government, local taxes, and other

sources

. The second data is a pie chart of the allocated spending,

also

consisting of three parts: salaries for officers and staffs, technology, and

lastly

for building and transport. There is clearly an

increase

of income from 304.7

million

euros

in 2017 to 318.6

million

euros

in 2018. The

increase

mainly came from local taxes, with an addition of 11.1

million

euros

from 91.2

million

euros

in 2017 to 102.3

million

euros

in 2018. There was

also

a slight

increase

of around 2

million

euros

from national

funds

and around 0.5

million

euros

from other

sources

. Aside from the

increase

of funding, there were

also

changes in the budget of

this

area. From the initial 75% of the

funds

used for salaries, it decreased to just 69% in 2018. The budget for technology nearly doubled from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. Meanwhile, the allocated

funds

for buildings and transport remained stagnant at 17%. In conclusion, the main source of funding came from the national government, and most of it is spent on the salary of offices and staff. There was an

increase

in

funds

from 2017 to 2018.