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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.

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.
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The table shows the number of
police
money
source
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sources
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 in 2017 and 2018,
while
 the pie charts
indicates
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 how the
money
 was spent based on
three
 categories. The largest donor of
police
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the police
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 budget was
National
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the National
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 Government and the sector with the largest
money
 allocation was
salaries
. In 2017, the total
of
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police
 financial plan was 304.7
m
.
This
 number was accumulated from
three
 main
origin
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, National Government with 175.5m, local taxes with 91.2m, and other sources (eg grants) with 38m.
Moreover
,
this
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these
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 figures increased from a total of 304.7
m
 to 318.6
m
 in 2018. All
the
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three
 sectors of
source
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the source
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 saw an increase,
although
 it varied among the
three
 categories as the local residents contributed to
this
 rise the largest with
more
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a more
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 than 10
m
 increase. The other sources
also
 saw a
grow
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 albeit smaller one with only 0.5 more than in 2017.
Additionaly
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Additionally
, that number was spent into
three
 categories,
such
 as
salaries
 for both officers and staff, technology, and buildings and transport. In 2017, the allocation for
salaries
 contributed up to 75% of the
overall
police
 budget. Meanwhile, technology and buildings and transport only accounted for a quarter of the total budget, respectively 8% and 17%.
However
, the
money
 spent on the technology saw a gain from 8% to 14% in 2018.
In contrast
, the percentage of
salaries
 spending experienced a decline
for
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 about 6%.
Whereas
, the building and transport spending in 2018 remained the same as in 2017.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words police, money, three, salaries, m with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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