You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Write at least 150 words.
The table and the pie chart compare data on the police
budget
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 this
police department, while
salaries for officers and staff accounted for the majority spending of the budget
as reported by the pie chart.
The year 2018 saw a rise in the total budget
, from 304.7 million pounds in 2017 to 318.6 million pounds, which was mainly due to
an increase of 10 million pounds from local taxes. In both years, the money from the national government made up half of the budget
while
money from other sources such
as grants only took up over 10 percent of total
Add an article
the total
budget
.
As for the purposes of the budget
, the expense on
buildings and transport remained the same Change preposition
of
between
two years. The proportion for salaries Change preposition
for
reduced
from 75% to 69%Add a missing verb
was reduced
,
and Remove the comma
apply
this
6% of budget
was reallocated to technology.Add an article
the budget
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words budget with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
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