The table given shows the different sources of income, in 2017 and 2018, in millions of pounds, of police budget in a particular area of Britain,
while
the two pie charts illustrate the proportion of expenditures on three different categories in the same two years.
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Overall
, the contribution of the national government to the total revenue is the highest, Linking Words
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the least amount of income was spent on technology in both years.
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According to
the table, the total police budget increased from £304.7m in 2017 to £318.6m in 2018. Most of the funds came from the national government which had an increment from
£175.5m in 2017 to £177.8m in 2018. In 2017, £91.2m funds were sourced from local taxes, which went up to £102.3m in the year 2018, Linking Words
whereas
the money from other sources (eg grants) contributed £38m in 2017 to the total budget and £.5m more in the next year.
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On the other hand
, the proportion of total expenditures on salaries decreased from 75% to 69%, from 2017 to 2018, but spending on technology almost doubled from 8% to 14%. The funds spent on buildings and transport remained the same at 17%.Linking Words
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