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 charts show how it was distributed. summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The data provides information about the law enforcement budget in an unknown region of Britain in the years 2017 and 2018. The table demonstrates the source of

this

monetary support, as the pie charts illustrate the expenses made out of these funds.

Overall

, the most amount of money was donated by the national government of the area

while

the hugest proportion of

this

budget has been spent on officers' and workers' salaries. Regarding the sources, the government contributed 175.5 and 177.8

million

euros to the police department in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

However

, local taxes have paid for a relatively lower sum of money compared to the government in 2017, but it managed to increase

around

Change preposition

by around

show examples

10

million

euros in the following year.

Moreover

, a

further

38

million

euros have been raised by other sources

such

as grants which managed to excel only half a

million

in 2018. In conclusion, a total of 304.7 in 2017 and 318.6

million

in 2018 have been put together from all contributors.

While

an enormous amount of money was dedicated to salaries in 2017, it slightly decreased the year after by about 5 per cent. The second most funded purpose was building and transport plans which did not experience any fluctuations throughout the survey.

On the other hand

, technology funding soared to 14 from 8 per cent in just a year.