The tаblе and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in оnе аrеа of Britain. The tаblе shows where the mоnеу саtе from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the data on the police budget, showing where the

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2017 and 2018 in an area of Britain.

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, there was an upward trend in all three sources,

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spent on salaries was always the majority of contribution. Looking into more detail, the highest amount of

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in the police budget belonged to the 'National Government', 175.5 million pounds in 2017, and it kept rising to 177.8 million pounds.

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was followed by 'Local Taxes', at 91.2

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in 2017; after one year, it increased significantly to 102.3 million pounds. In terms of how the

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was spent, the majority of the police budget went to salaries which was for officers and staff, dropping slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Meanwhile, the proportion of 'Buildings and transport' remained constant, at 17% each year. An opposite pattern can be seen in the category of technology; its figure rose sharply from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018, which was the lowest rate during the given period.