WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Write at least 150 words
The first table illustrates data regarding the
police
budget
sources in the years 2017 and 2018 in a region of Britain, and the second pie chart displays how the money was spent.
Overall
, it can be seen that the police
budget
from the national government
, local taxes, and other sources experienced an apparent upward tendency throughout the period, and most of the budget
comes from the national government
. Noticeably, the money distributed to salaries for officers and staff showed a slight decrease.
Looking at the first table in more detail, the total police
budget
increased from 304.7 million
in 2017 to 318.6 million
in 2018. To be more specific, in 2017, the national government
provided 175.5 million
pounds to cover the police
budget
, which was approximately twice that of local taxes. In the following year, the budget
from the national government
just went up by 2.3 million
, while
the counterpart of local taxes ascended by 11.1 million
. In addition
, the budget
from other sources such
as grants also
witnessed a rise, with it growing to 38.5 million
in 2018.
According to
the second diagram, in 2017, 75% of the police
budget
was utilized to pay for numerous officers and staff, followed by 17% money for building and transportation and 8% for technology. In contrast
, the percentage of the budget
assigned to officers‘ wages saw a decrement of 6%, whereas
the corresponding figure for technology rose by 6% in 2018. Furthermore
, the proportion of the police
budget
invested in construction work and transport development remained relatively stable, with it being 17% from 2017 to 2018.Submitted by nikolopup on
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words police, budget, government, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
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