The table above illustrates the information about the police budget in 2017 and 2018. The table shows the sources of the money,
while
the pie chart breaks down how it was spent.
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Overall
, the charts demonstrate that the total police budget has increased, with the national government being the main Linking Words
resource
in both years. The pie chart showed that the majority of the money was spent on the salaries of officers and staff.
The national government contributed 175 £m in 2017 , increasing to 177.8 £m in 2018, Use the right word
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while
local taxes gave 91.2 £m in 2017, jumping to 102.3 £m in 2018. Other resources, Linking Words
on the other hand
, only rose in fractions between the two years from 38 £m to 38.5 £m.
As shown in the chart, the percentage of salaries declined from 75% to 69% , but at the same time, the percentage of money spent on technology nearly doubled from 8% to 14%, Linking Words
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the proportion of expenditure on building and transportation remained unchanged.Linking Words