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. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevent.

The table and pie charts illustrate three different categories on which a certain area in the UK spent the police

budget

in two respective

years

: 2017 and 2018. Looking at the

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that the total police

budget

for 2018 is larger than that of 2017. Starting with the sources of the police

budget

, the source with the greatest number of costs is the National Government, which was the largest in both

years

.

This

is almost twice as much as the second largest sources for Local Taxes, with each having 91.2m and 102.3m in 2017 and 2018 respectively. A relatively low figure was observed in Other sources with their

budget

remaining at around 38m in the late 2010s. In terms of their spending, Salaries, the largest one of the entire, the amount stood at three-quarters of the total in 2017 and stood at just 69% in 2018. It was followed by Buildings and transport which was around a quarter as much as that of Salaries in both

years

.

Additionally

, money was spent on Technology, which was the least

of

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total in both

years

, with the former making up 8% in 2017 and the latter accounting for 14% in 2018.