The provided table and pie charts illustrate the British police budget in 2017 and 2018. The table demonstrates the sources of income for the police capital, and the pie charts depict its distribution.
Overall, despite the fact that the National Government contributed most to the police budget and the contribution of other sources such as grants was the smallest, the total revenue of the police budget rose inconsiderably over the 1-year period. Moreover, while the percentage of money allocated to salaries decreased, more money was spent on technologies. In contrast, building and transport did not face any changes and remained stable.
As is evident from the diagrams, the National Government invested 175.5 m in the budget of the British police in 2017; this funding grew slightly by 2.3 m, making up 177.8 m. Likewise, the amount of investment from Local Taxes rose from 91.2 m in the first year to 102.3 m in the final year. Following that, there was an insignificant growth in the amount of money donated to the police fund from other sources. The figure was 38 m in 2017 and accounted for 38.5 m 1 year later.
With regards to the ways the police budget of Britain is distributed, exactly three-quarters of the whole budget was spent on salaries in 2017, whereas in the next year this figure declined moderately and comprised 69%. Although the government allocated a mere 8 percent of the budget to technologies at the beginning of the period, the proportion of expenses on this category witnessed just less than a twofold increase and reached 14%. Otherwise, British authorities spent the same amount of money on the building and transport sector – 17% in both 2017 and 2018.