Band 7+: 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 police force from 2017 to 2018. The amounts are given in millions of pounds. Additionally, the proportion of money used for compensation, technology, and buildings and transportation is presented through two given pie charts.

Overall, in the table, the majority of money is sourced by the national government with the amounts of £175.5 million and £177.8 million in 2017 and 2018 respectively, while the least amount of money is contributed by a charity at approximately £38 million in these two years. Compensation for police officers dominantly occupies 75% of the spending in 2017, and it is also noticeably responsible for 69% in 2018. The local taxes have gradually changed, which can be seen from an increase in funding from £91.2 million to £102.3 million.

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