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 source of the police budget in one area of Britain from 2017 to 2018 is shown in the table and the expense is illustrated in the pie chart below. Generally, the

cops

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income had increased in 2018 compared to 2017 with a total sum of 318.6m from 304.7m. We can separate it into three sources,

from

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the national government, local taxes, and other sources

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as grants. The biggest source for the police budget in both years was coming from the national government. Whilst the following order was coming from levy and other. There are three ways to spend the money, which are officers and staff salaries, technology, and buildings and transport. Those three are represented by the

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grey, white and black, respectively. Money was distributed mostly to pay the employee’s salaries. In 2017, 75% was used to pay wages, and

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to 69% the next year. Buildings and transport are the second most costly budget.

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, the percentage usage remained the same at 17%.

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, the rest was used for technology and it

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increased

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% from 2017 to 2018. In summary, the money for the police department had been acquired mostly from the national government and taxes. All of it

mostly

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used to pay salaries.