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.

While

the table shows the

sources

of

money

which provided a

budget

for a certain area of Britain in 2017 and 2018, the pie charts illustrate the distribution of

this

budget

in three different fields.

Overall

, it is evident that

while

the national government was the main source of

budget

collection, other

sources

like grants provided the least amount of

money

through both years.

In addition

, a vast amount of the

budget

was allocated to employee salaries.

To begin

with, the amount of

money

that was obtained from various

sources

increased insignificantly.

For instance

, the national government’s help experienced a small rise from 175.5m to 177.8m in

this

period.

Also

, the local taxes and other

sources

gave more financial support from 91.5m to 102.3m and 38m to 38.5m during the period.

Moreover

, the percentage of the

budget

received by staff and officers was by far higher than other sectors, rising from three quarters in 2017 to 69% in 2018.

Furthermore

, the

money

that was allocated to the technology advancement rose slightly from 8% to 14%

although

it was the lowest proportion compared to others in 2017. It is noteworthy that the figure for construction and transport systems remained constant over the period.