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

The table illustrates funding sources for the

police

budget

in one area of Britain

while

the pie charts display their

budget

allocations in 2017 and 2018. It can clearly be seen from the table that from the three

police

budgets, local taxes increased significantly. The charts show that spending on salaries had been redirected to technology. The table displays that three income sources for the

police

department continued to increase its share of the total

budget

. Of all three, funding from local taxes saw the highest jump to 102.3

million

in 2018 with an addition of 11.1

million

.

Nonetheless

, the national government continued to be the highest with 175.5

million

and 177.8

million

in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The charts illustrate that there was an adjustment for

police

budget

allocations from salaries spending towards technology.

Although

the

budget

for buildings and transport stayed at 17% in both years, the proportion for officers and staff earnings decreased from 75% to 69% in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

On the other hand

, the margins went into the

budget

for technology which grew to 14% from 8%.