Band 6+: WRITING TA S K 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table and chart depict the data on police finance for two different years in specific area in the United Kingdom. The money input is illustrated in the table, whereas the distribution made up in charts.

Overall, the police budgets’ main source was a national government, and the least contribution was given by grants. In both years, the most significant part of the spending was in salaries for officers and staff, while the technology had the smallest contrubution.

In terms of police budget, at the beginning of the period, the toal amount of money was 304.7m and throught the year grew for just under the 320m. In details, the national government funding had the slight increase by about 2 million euro. The share of local taxes and other sources raised from 91.2m 37m in 2017 to 102.m and 38.5m in 2018, respectively.

Officers and staff salaries got the moderate decrease with 6% over the period. In contrast, the technology field made up the same percentage as an increase by 2018, while buildings and transport remained unchanged.