the table illustrates the source of the police budget in one area of the uk between 2017 and 2018, while the chart gives information about the ways of distributing the money in the same two years.
Overall, the police money is gained from 3 sources involving National government , local taxes and others such as grants. The budget fluctuated through the whole two years, the notable amount was raised in 2018. Meanwhile, the total money was spent on 3 main fields, the salaries, technology as well as buildings and transport. The highest amount of it was dedicated for the salaries.
To begin with, the total money gathered for the police department in one area of Britain was 304.7 million pound in 2017 and rose up to 318.6 million pounds in 2018. The notioanl government was the one that contributed with the highest part giving 175.5 in 2017, followed by an increase in it with 177.8 million pound. Similarly, the part given by the local taxes rose from 91.2 in 2017 to 102.3 million pound in 2018. In contrast, the least amount of money taken from other resources remained steadily throughout the two years, with 38 million pounds.
on the other hand, the large amount of this money was spent on the police salaries, with a slight decline from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Moeover, the money raised for the buildings and transport stayed unchangeable in217 and 2018 with a percentage of 17% of the total money. In contrast, the fund going to the technology part was less then others , it was 8% in 2017, followed by a growth reaching 14% in 2014.