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 table and charts illustrate the police expenses from 2017 to 2018 in a city

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the UK. The table gives information about the sources of money,

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the two pie charts depict the

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of it.

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, the total officers' budgets were increased over the two years, with the national government being the biggest source of funding.

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, salaries have the highest proportion of the

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. There were three main sources of the police force budget, which are the national government, local taxes, and others (

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as grants). State authority spent the largest amount at 175.5

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sterling in 2017

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rising to 177.8

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in 2018, followed by domestic taxes contributed 91.2

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in 2017 with the biggest surge to 102.3

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in 2018.

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but not least, other sources of budget gave 38

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up slightly to 38.5

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in 2018. In terms of the

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of the expenditure, there were three canals, ranging from salaries,

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, to buildings and transport. Wages for officers and staff dominated the

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of the budget, from 75% in 2017, but decreased to 69% in 2018. Meanwhile, technology experienced a 6% rise from 8% to 14% in 2018.

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, buildings and transport just stood at 17% over the two years.