The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table show where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.

The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table show where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.
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The table and pie chart compare data about the number of budgets and the percentage of spending for police in 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain.
Overall
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, Salaries were the main reason for spending money
instead
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of technology;
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, the total budget in 2018 increased from 2017.
According to
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the table which had a list of the police incomes which had National government, local taxes, and other sources respectively and these sources in 2017 had 178.5, 91.2, and 38 million pounds.
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, these resources money was rising in 2018.
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, the most raised was for local taxes of 11 million pounds;
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, the National government by 2 million pounds, yet other sources in 2018 were approximately the same as in 2017. The diagrams show spending money on 3 different items. The first one was salaried by 75 per
cent
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in 2017 but was 6 per
cent
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reduced in 2018 from 2017. The second level was for building and transport
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,
this
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category in 2018 was the same as in 2017 at 17 per
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. The
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thing was technology by 8 per
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in 2017. Later the proportion had 5 per
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went up in 2018.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • budget allocation
  • fiscal year
  • government grants
  • local taxes
  • police force
  • patrol division
  • detective units
  • traffic control
  • administration expenses
  • operational costs
  • capital expenditure
  • revenue streams
  • expenditure distribution
  • financial resources
  • public safety
  • crime prevention
  • budgetary constraints
  • funding shortfall
  • budget surplus
  • financial planning
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