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. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table displays data about sources of the police

budget

, and the pie chart illustrates what factors are money spent on; over the period of two years in one of Britain’s

region

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Overall

, in both years, the most amount of money that police received, was from the national government, and more than half of the total

budget

was allocated to salaries.

According to

the table, in 2017, police got 175.5 million in financial support from the national government, and

this

amount increased by 2 million the next year. The second most received was from local taxes, and

this

source saw a significant rise too. From 91.2 to 102.3 million,

while

the other sources of

budget

remained almost steady in both years. Looking at the expenses profile of the pie chart, it is obvious that in the first year, 75% of the distributed

budget

was allocated for officers and staff salaries.

Although

this

amount fell down by 6% in 2018, the majority of spending was still related to wages. The cost of the building and transportation remained constant at 17%,

while

the expanses on the technology rose from 8 to 14%.