The table and pie charts illustrate the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one part of the United Kingdom. The table demonstrates the sources of money whereas the charts display how the money is spread. Units are measured in million pounds.
Overall, the police budget in 2018 is higher than the police budget in 2017. (318.6 million pounds and 304.7 million pounds respectively). In both years, the police budget was mainly spent on the national government whereas the least amount of money spent was on other sources for both years. Furthermore, the most significant difference in expenditure between the two years was on local taxes.
In terms of national government’s budget, the United Kingdom spent 177.8 million pounds in 2018 compared to 175.5 million pounds in 2017. Similarly, the British expenditure on local taxes was higher in 2018 than in 2017 (102.3 million pounds and 91.2 million pounds respectively). Subsequently, the United Kingdom outlayed £500,000 more on other sources in 2018 than in 2017 (38.5 million pounds and 38 million pounds respectively).
In 2017, 75% of all the money from the police budget was spent on salaries, 17% for buildings and transport, and 8% for technology. In the following year, 69% of all the money from the police budget was spent on salaries, 17% from buildings and transport, and 14% for technology.