The table and charts below give information on the police buudget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money come from and the chart 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 buudget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money come from and the chart 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 depicts the police budget income source
while
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the chart illustrates the money distribution from 2017 to 2018.
Overall
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, it can be seen that the law enforcement account increased over the period, where the National Government contributed the highest amount of funds
whereas
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salaries took the biggest percentage of troops' total expenditure over the period.
To begin
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with force source income, the National Government was the biggest contributor, allocating 175.5
million
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in 2017 which rose to 177.8
million
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one year later. In line with
this
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, Local Taxes take second position, contributing more than 100
million
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in 2018, higher at about 10
million
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in 2017.
furthermore
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,
although
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the region's the lowest amount of money, other sources (e.g. grants)
also
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represented an increased amount of funds from 38
million
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to 38.2
million
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in 2018. Turning to the expenditure, in 2017 police allocation was spent mostly on salaries, about three-fourths of the total and declined over a year by just under 70%.
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, despite being the least money-spender, Technology takes 14% of the allocation in 2018, 6 % higher than the previous year.
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, building and transport costs did not show a change.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • police budget
  • distribution
  • National Government
  • Local Taxes
  • Other Sources
  • total budget
  • specific figures
  • main categories
  • allocation
  • proportional allocation
  • Salaries
  • Technology
  • Buildings and Transport
  • significant shifts
  • budget priorities
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