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 chart show how it was distributed

The table and bar charts provide information about the

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and spending of the

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of Britain police between 2017 and 2018. The table illustrates the three different

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of income,

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the pie charts show the expenditure of

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plan.

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,

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a large amount of money was spent on the officer and staff salaries rather than building, transport and technology.

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, the national government is the only source, giving a huge amount of

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yearly,

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the local taxes and other

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accounts

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for

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portion. In 2017, the police had a

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of 304.4

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, which rose significantly to 318.6

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in 2018. The majority of

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money sourced from the national government accounted for 175.5

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pounds in 2017, which

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increased slightly in the next year to 177.8

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.

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, 91.2

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received from the local taxes in 2017, and 102.3

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in 2018. Other

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(eg grants)

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for the smallest portion of the financial

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, they gave 38.

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in 2017 and 38.5 in 2018 which is quite stable.

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, a large portion of the financial

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was spent on the

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and

staff

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salaries in both years. Salaries

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received 75% and 69% of

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budget

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the budget

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in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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, in both years, 17% of the money was spent on building and transport,

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the expenditure on

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technology increased from 8% to 14% in 2018 respectively.