Band 7+: 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.

The table shows the sources of the police budget in one region of Britain in 2017 and 2018. The pie charts illustrate in percentages, the expenditure of this budget in 2017 and 2018.

Overall, the National Government was the greatest contributor to the budget in both years while most of the budget was spent on salaries.

With regard to the police budget sources, from a total of £ 304.7 million in 2017, £175.5 million was supplied by the National Government, local taxes generated £91.2 million and £38 million was gotten from other sources. In 2018, while the National Government and local taxes sources barley changed in amount compared to 2017, other sources generated almost £10 million more.

Looking at spending in, in 2017 75% of the budget was used to pay salaries while 8% was spent on technology. By 2018, the expenditure of salaries had decreased to 69% while that of technology had grown to 14%. In both years, 17% of the budget was spent on buildings and transport.