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

The table gives information about the comparison of the police

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between 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The pie charts illustrate the distribution of the money across three different sectors in the years 2017 and 2018.

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, it can be clearly seen that the police

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was dominated by the national government and there was a considerable increase in the total

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.

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, the most expenditure was made by salaries to officers and staff in both years. At the beginning of the period, the police

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from the national government started at 175.5

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and had a slight growth to 177.8

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in 2018. Interestingly, Local Taxes and Other sources constituted 91.2

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and 38

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, respectively in 2017,

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both of them showed an upward trend to 102.3

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and 38.5, respectively in 2018. On the other side, the largest expenditure was allocated to salaries to officers and staff at 75% in 2017 and experienced a regular decrease to 69% in 2018. The figure for technology accounted for 8% at the beginning of the period and almost doubled in 2018. Notably, the expense rates of buildings and transport remained stable at 17% in both years.