Band 5+: Teat 2 WRITING 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 provided table vividly depicts the information about an allocation source of funding for the British policeman from 2017 to 2018. The number is given in million dollars. Additionally, the proportion of money, which is used for compensation, technology, and buildings and transportations, is presented through two given pie charts.

Overall, in the table, the majority of money is sourced by a national government with the amount of 175.5 millions and 177.8 millions in 2017 and 2018 respectively whereby the least amount of money is contributed by a charity of approximately 38 millions in these two years. A compensation for peace officers dominantly occupies 75% of the spending in 2017, and it is also noticeably responsible for 69% in 2018. The local taxes are gradually changed which can be spotted from an increase of funding from 91.2 millions to 102.3 millions.

Besides, it can obviously be seen that the percentage of expenditures on constructions and public transports remain unchanged at 17%, compared to technology, and buildings and transport. In contrast, there is a decrease of proportion for law enforcement officers’ salaries for 7% in 2018, and also an increase of capital spent on technology is around 6% in 2018.