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 depicts the sources of the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one part of Britain. The pie charts display the allocation of the money for each year. The numbers are shown in

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pounds

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. There has been a slight increase in the

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budget from 2017 to 2018.

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can be seen in detail by the growth of income mainly from local taxes, which was recorded to only provide 91.2m in 2017 to a whopping 102.3m in 2018. In comparison, the national government and other sources,

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grants, only experienced a quite insignificant rise which amounts from respectively 175.5m and 38m in 2017 to 177.8m and 38.5m in 2018. The money is distributed to mainly 3 groups. In 2017, 75% of it was allocated to salaries, 17%

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buildings and

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, and 8%

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technology.

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, in 2018, the police departments decided to invest more

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technology, facilities and vehicles, increasing the budget spent on it to 14% and keeping it at 17% respectively.

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, the percentage of cash spent on salaries fell slightly to 69%.

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, the figures show a growth in the police’s financial status and how they have other priorities other than salaries