The table and charts provide information about the police budget in one area of Great Britain in 2017 and 2018. The table gives details about where the money came from, while the charts illustrate how it was spent.
Overall, the total police budget slightly increased in 2018. The national government remained the bigest source of funding in both years and salaries took the largest proportion of spending, although the precentage decreased.
In 2017 the total budget was 307.7 million £ and rised to the amount of 318.6 million £ in 2018. Money from the national government increased slightly from 175.5 million £ to 177.8 million £. Local taxes showed the largest rise from 91.2 million to 102.3 million £. Funding from other sources such as grants also went up a little from 38 million to 38.5 million £.
Looking at the charts, sallaries from officers and staff had 75% in 2017, but in 2018 it droped to 69%. Spending money on technology almost doubled, increasing from 8% to 14%. The proportion spent on building and transport remained unchanged at 17% in both years.