WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Write at least 150 words.

The table and pie charts

demontrate

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demonstrate

the origin of the

police

budget

and the ways the

money

was spent respectively during 2 years from 2017 to 2018 in a specific place

of

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in

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the United Kingdom. In 2017, the national government provided the largest amount of

money

showing the number of 175.5m

pounds

while

local taxes were the second main source to contribute to the

police

budget

with the amount of 91.2m

pounds

.

Moreover

,

as for

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the figure for the

budget

coming from other sources including grants was only 38m

pounds

showing the total

police

budget

was 304.7m

pounds

as a result

in 2017. Compared with the year

of

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2018, similar features can be seen in both the origin of the

police

budget

and the distributions of the

money

.

As the

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figures for the

money

coming from the national government, local taxes and other sources are 177.8m

pounds

, 102.3m

pounds

and 38.5m

pounds

respectively indicating 318.6m

pounds

in total. The percentages of the distribution to salaries and the percentage of the distribution to technology decreased from 75% to 69% and increased from 8% to 14% respectively during the 2 years

while

the figure for the

money

distributed to buildings and transport remained unchanged (17%).

Overall

, in these two years, the national government was the most significant source of the

police

budget

and most of the

money

was paid for salaries of officers and staff.