The table and the bar chart illustrate the police budget in one region of England from 2017 to 2018. The table provides information about the sources of the money, and the bar chart shows how it was spent. Overall, it is clear that the total police budget in 2018 was higher than in 2017, while the figure for money spent on salaries in 2017 was higher than in 2018. In addition, the percentage of building and transport was almost the same in both years.
In terms of local tax sources, the police budget in 2018 saw a higher percentage than in 2017 at 102.3m and 91.2m respectively. Furthermore, the percentage of national government was generally the same in both years at 175.5m in 2017 and 177.8m in 2018. Similarities can be seen in the figure for other sources at 38m and 38.5, also in that order.
Staring at 75% in 2017, the percentage of salaries that the police budget spent on saw a slight decrease to 69% in 2018. Whereas the opposite was true for technology, as the percentage increased at 8% in 2017 and 14% in 2018. In addition, the figure for building and transport remained unchanged in both years at 17%