The table and charts detailed below give information about the police budget in 2017 and 2018 in on area of Britain. The table illustrates where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.

The table gives information about police

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sources between 2017 and 2018,

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the pie charts depict the distribution of

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fund.

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, National governments were the predominant funders in both years, and the largest amount of the

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was dedicated to officers' and staff's salaries. Looking at the police

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in detail, in 2017, national governments allocated 175.5

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euros

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.

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was almost double the local tax's share. Meanwhile, other sources comprise 38

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euros

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of the total fund. By 2018, the whole amount of

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reached a high of 318.6

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euros

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, a third of which was paid by local taxes. In the same year, national governments' share rose to a high of 177.8

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euros

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. The grant amount,

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, remained unchanged

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of the period.

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budget

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was

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distributed into three sectors. The officer's and staff's share declined from two-thirds in 2017 to 69% by 2018.

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, buildings and transportation made up 17% of the total expenditure in both years,

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the technology's proportion almost doubled, rising from a low of 8% to a high of 14% by the end of the period.