Task 1: 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 pie charts below provide information about the

police

budget

in 2017 and 2018 in one territory in Britain. The data in the table shows the source of funds and how the

budget

was spent.

Overall

,

according to

the charts, in 2018

police

budget

was higher than in 2017.

On the other hand

, from the pie charts, we can see that in 2017 the amount of money spent on

salaries

was higher than in 2018.

Firstly

, in 2017 total

police

budget

was 304.8

m

which was funded mostly by the government with 175.5

m

.

In addition

, the

budget

was financed with 91.2m by taxes and 38m by grants. Alternatively, in 2018 the

budget

was slightly higher and summed up to 318.6m, where 177.8m was funded by a national government, 102.3m was taken from taxes and 38.5m was financed from other sources.

Furthermore

, in 2017 75% of the total

budget

was spent on officers and staff

salaries

, 17% was used for buildings and transport development and 8% was spent on technology.

On the other hand

, in 2018 money spent on

salaries

gently decreased to 69%

while

the technology

budget

sharply increased to 14%. Taking everything into consideration, the

police

budget

in 2018 was higher compared to 2017, but in 2018 finance for

salaries

was lower and technology funds were higher, which indicates that in 2018 extra money from the total

budget

was used for technological development.