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.

The given charts and table show the data on police costs between 2017 and 2018 in a particular city in Britain. The table displays the source of funds and the charts display the way to allocate it. In general, the fund source from the National Government became the highest and most of the costs were distributed to the salaries of staff from 2017 to 2018. From the table, it could be found that the source of funds was divided in some ways.

Firstly

, the National Government, both in 2017 and 2018 collected the highest cash for law (175.5m and 177.8m).

Secondly

, from local taxes, they could gain an income of up to 102.3m in 2018. It increased from 2017, the cash could be collected up to 91.2m. And from the other ways, grants,

for instance

, reached 38m in 2017

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and rose slightly in 2018 (38.5m). The charts above show how the government distribute the cash. The highest allocation was to pay staff salaries both in 2017 and 2018. It increased up to third fourth in 2018 from 2017 (69%).

However

, the authorities spent around 17% of the amount on buildings and transport. It remained stable from 2017 to 2018.

Lastly

, for technology, Britain allocated costs of around 8% which increased up to 14% in 2018.