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 chars show how it was distributed.

The table and chart illustrate the data of the

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in 2017 and 2018, putting on police in one area of Britain. The table displays the

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of the money and the charts present the proportion of the

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spent on each category. The general overview is that among the allocation

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, the National Government was the maximum

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over the period of time.

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, most of the money was spent on offices and staff salaries. It can be seen that the money came from the national government the most, responsible for 175.5m, followed by local taxes and other

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(eg grants) with the figure being 91.2m and 38m respectively in 2017. In 2018, the order of

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remained stable, yet slightly increasing

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the

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for each source. The total

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increased from 304.7m in 2017 to 318.6m in 2018. Moving on to the spending of the police

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each year. In 2017, salaries took the major part, occupied

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75%, followed by spending on building

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transportation, and technology with figures

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% and 8% respectively. In the following year, there was spending on salaries lower by 6%.

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spending on building and transportation equal the

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record and spending on technology rose by 6%.