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

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for 2017 and 2018 in a British region. There are two types of data present, a table that shows the sources of financial

funds

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and a pie chart that shows how the

budget

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was allocated.

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, there was an

increase

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in

funds

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from 2017 to 2018, and most of the

budget

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was used on salaries. There was clearly an

increase

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in income from 304.7

million

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in 2017 to 318.6

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in 2018. The

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mainly came from local taxes, with an addition of 11.1

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from 91.2 in 2017 to 102.3

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in 2018. Aside from that, a slight rise of around 2

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from the national government and around 0.5

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from other sources is present. Aside from the rise in funding, there were

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changes in the money allocation in

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area. From the initial 75% of the

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used for salaries, it decreased to just 69% in 2018. The

budget

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for technology nearly doubled from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. Meanwhile, the allocated

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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 wages for officers and staff. There was an

increase

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in

funds

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from 2017 to 2018.