Band 6+: 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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the police budget and it’s sources in numerical terms for 2017 and 2018, while the pie chart provides additional data on how the budget was distributed in each of those years.

Overall, the biggest source of the police budget for both of the years was the national government. The second biggest source of funding is the local taxes, while other sources combined made the smallest portion. It is clear that salaries accounted for the largest share in the budget, while

The during these two years, the budget saw an overall increase, receiving more budget from both the national government and the local taxes. The distribution however saw a decrease in the share of salaries from 75% to 69% and an increase spending in the technology department from 8% to 14%, with building and transport taking up the same percentage throughout the two years.

Although there was an increase in the total budget receives the percentage spent on salaries decreases; this suggest that the rate of growth in the spending on technology and infrastructures increases at a faster rate than the hiring process.