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

The table illustrates the police

budget

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in the years 2017 and 2018 and the pie charts depict the expenditure on three different categories namely salaries, technology and building and transport.

Overall

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, it can be clearly seen that the highest income for the police

budget

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was dominated by the national government,

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the largest money spent was allocated to salaries (officers and staff) in both years. At the beginning of the period, the police

budget

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from the national government stood at 175.5

million

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and had a slight increase to 177.8

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.

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, the figures for local taxes and other sources (eg grants) made up 91.2

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and 38

million

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, respectively and increased by 10.9% and 0.5%,

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.

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, there was an increment in the total

budget

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by 13.9

million

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.

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, the expenditure on salaries saw a considerable decrease from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018.

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, technology accounted for 8% in 2017 and almost doubled in the following year. Interestingly, the figure for buildings and transport remained unchanged at 17% in both years.