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 table illustrates sources of police fundings in 2017 and 2018, and the pie charts compare the amont of expenditure on three segments, including officers and staff salaries, technology, and buldings and transport.

overall, national government provided by far most of the budjets in both years, and the totla budget saw a slight rose in the second year. Also, most of the budget spent on salaries.

In 2017, three main budget sources were national government, local taxes, and other sources (like grants), with 175.5 million pound, 91.2 million pound, and 38 million pound, respectively. by 2018, all categouries had experienced a gradual increase by around 14 million pound in total.

According to the pie charts, the proportion of expenditure on technology increased from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. The money spending on building and transport remaind the same in both years, with 17% of total budget, while the budget that spent on staff salaries decreased in 2018 by 6% of total funding.