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.

The table and the pie chart compare data on the police

budget

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in an area of Britain in 2017 and 2018, listing sources and destinations of the fund. It is clear from the table that the national government and local taxes contributed the most money to

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police department,

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salaries for officers and staff accounted for the majority spending of the

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as reported by the pie chart. The year 2018 saw a rise in the total

budget

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, from 304.7 million pounds in 2017 to 318.6 million pounds, which was mainly

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an increase of 10 million pounds from local taxes. In both years, the money from the national government made up half of the

budget

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while

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money from other sources

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as grants only took up over 10 percent of

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the total

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budget

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. As for the purposes of the

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, the expense

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of

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buildings and transport remained the same

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for

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two years. The proportion for salaries

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was reduced

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from 75% to 69%

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and

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6% of

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budget

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the budget

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was reallocated to technology.