The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed.

The table illustrates the data regarding the sources of the police budget,

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the pie chart gives information about the areas of its distribution from 2017 to 2018.

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, the most significant contributor to the budget was

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national government and the sums received by the police in 2018 increased compared to 2017.

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the vast majority of money was spent on salaries,

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the amount of money allocated for buildings/transport and technology was not that great. Focusing first on the main contributors to the police budget, in 2017, 175,500,000 and 91,2000,000 pounds came from the national government and local taxes,

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next year, these sums increased to 177,800,000 and 102,300,000 pounds, respectively. Other sources brought

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pounds in 2017 and 5,000,000 more in 2018. The total

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rose from 304,700,000 to 318,600,000 throughout the period. As for the distribution of money, approximately 70 to 75 per cent were used in order to fund salaries, as opposed to only 17% of it on buildings and transport. Notably, the expenditure on technology almost doubled, from 8% to 14%, between 2017 and 2018.