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 demonstrate the police

budget

for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The former shows the origin of the money

whereas

the latter gives information on how it was distributed.

Overall

, the law enforcement

budget

from 2017-2018 has seen an increase in all categories but how it was spent has varied since

last

year. In 2017, the National Government contributed 175.5

million

pounds to the

budget

, and one year later, the amount allocated went up to 177.8

million

. Local taxes accounted for 91.8m, but it has since gone up to 102.3m. Other sources

such

as grants saw a small change, from 38

million

to 38.5

million

pounds. Summing up, the total

budget

for police was 304.7m and is 318.6m as of 2018. The trend for how money was spent,

however

, saw the amount of money given out for technology increase from 8% to 14%, which has caused a cut in salaries for the task force, which is now 69% only. The only category that has remained the same is for buildings and transport, taking up 17% of the annual finances.