The table gives information on sources of police capital for the years 2017 and 2018 in one particular area located in Britain, whereas the pie charts show how that budget was distributed. Units in table are measured in millions of pounds.
Overall, it is evident in table that the majority of police funds stem from national government. As for pie charts, the allocated expenditure plan was mainly spend on salaries of employees.
Delving into details of the table, having constituted 175.5 million pounds in 2017, the figure for local government accounted for 177.8 million pounds in the later year, being the highest figure on the chart. Likewise, the police budget benefited from formal taxes of around 91 million pounds in 2017; however, in the following year, the same category witnessed a significant growth in the amount of capital, with its indicator showing nearly 102 million. As for other unspecified sources, the category itself experienced almost no change, constituting 38 million in 2017 and 38.5 million in 2018. Comparing the total budget designated specially for police departments, the total amount of budget consisted of nearly 305 million pounds, whereas the year later that amount showed approximately 319 million, experiencing no remarkable changes throughout the timespan.
Moving to the details of distribution, ¾ of total budget was allocated for salaries of employee in 2017. However, there has been a slight drop in that number, amounting to 69% in the subsequent year. Interestingly, the police departments contributed the same proportion of funds to the construction of buildings and advancements in the transportation system, 17 % in both years. Unlike other distribution factors, while the percentage of money allocated for technology amenities accounted for merely 8% in 2017, the percentage of money for the same purpose comprised 14% at the end of the period.
