The table and pie charts illustrate the police budget in the year 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from while the pie charts display how the money was spent.
Overall, it is noticeable that the main source of funds in both years (2017 and 2018) was the national government while, in terms of expenditure, salaries for officers and stuff consumed a large amount of money.
In 2017, the police had a total budget of £304.7 million which increased significantly to £318.6 million in 2018. The main source of this money was from the national government which rose slightly from £175.5million to £177.8 million. Of all the sources of funding, local taxes escalated from £91.2million to £102.3million while, other sources increased moderately with just half a million more than the previous year.
Much money was spent under salaries for officers and stuff although, the proportion dropped from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Expenditure on technology grew rapidly from 8% to 14% whereas, money spent on buildings and transport stabilized at 17% in both years.