Band 6+: 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 and pie charts illustrate data about police budgets in one region of the UK from 2017 to 2018.

Looking from an overall perspective, all the sources of income increased, and in the sector of salary, most of the money was spent in both years. The technology sector cost a little bit more, but building and transport remained the same.

In the year 2017, the national government budget was 175.5 million, which is 177.8 million over the period. Local tax income in 2017 was $91.2 million, but in 2018, it significantly increased to 102 million. Last of the row, other sources of income increased from 38 to 38.5 million after the period.

After focusing on the charts, the salary was major both years, but in 2018, it dropped by 6% from the year 2017. The building and transport sectors remained in the same position (17% respectively), not only in 2017 but also in 2018. At last, in 2017, the technology rate was 8%, but it rose to 14% in 2018.