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 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 displays data on the sources of police budget in 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain,
while
the pie chart illustrates how these funds were used.
Overall
, the total amount of funds for
police
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the police
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budget increased in these two years.
Addtionally
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Additionally
,
salaries
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the salaries
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of officers and staff
was
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were
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the majority expenditure. In 2018, the source from
national
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the national
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government
increaced
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increased
compared to 2017,
at
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to
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177.8 million pounds, making the national government
retained
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retain
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largest
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the largest
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contributors. The local taxes
also
rose,
at
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to
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102.3 million pounds, which was the greatest
increasing
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increase
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in
this
year. And, other sources had a slight increase in the same year. In terms of expenditure, salaries still accounted
the
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for the
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largest proportion in 2018, at 69%, which was fewer than
2017
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in 2017
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, though.
However
,
the
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apply
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technology spending almost doubled,
accounded
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accounted
from 8% to 14% proportion, making
significant
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a significant
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increasing
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increase
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in 2018. The buildings and transport,
in contrast
, remained the same proportion in 2018,
accounted
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accounting
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for 17%.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • budget allocation
  • funding sources
  • government policies
  • economic conditions
  • community services
  • crime prevention
  • public safety
  • significant increase/decrease
  • distribution
  • assessment
  • reflection
  • allocation shifts
  • budget comparison
  • impact analysis
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