WRITING TASK 1 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.

The table displays the data on the

police

budget

in one region of England from 2017 to 2018,

while

the pie chart illustrates how the

budget

was spent.

Overall

, the total of the

police

budget

from three resources in one area increased from 304.7

million

to 318.6

million

in 2018. The highest source of money in both years was from the national government. The highest percentage of money was spent on worker’s salaries in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, the main source of income was from the national authorities which increased slightly from 175.5

million

to 177.8

million

in 2018.

Police

income from local taxes and other sources grew significantly from 91.2

million

and 38

million

to 102.3

million

and 38.5

million

respectively in 2018. The highest money of

police

budget

spent on officers’ salaries was nearly three quartets approximately 75% in 2017 before it declined slightly to 68% in 2018. Expenditure on public transport and buildings was only a fifth of the

budget

in both years.

However

, spending on technology was only 8% in 2017 before the spending doubled to 14% in 2018.