The table provides data about the sources of the money, while pie charts compare the allocation of the police budget in two consecutive years in one part of Britain, 2017 and 2018. Overall, what can be seen from the provided table is that the amount of money that had been coming from all of the sources was increased throughout the period given in the question. Additionally, the distributed money for buildings and transport stayed the same during the provided time interval. Units are measured in £m and percentage.
In 2017, the amount of finance sourced from national government, local taxes, and other areas was 175.5, 91.2, and 38 £m, respectively. After that all the figures for those three separate sources had increased by the end of 2018. Moreover, the money that had been coming from local taxes experienced the most substantial rise with 9.1 £m change.
Regarding the spending of the police budget, the ¾ percent of the budget was channeled to the salaries of officers and staff in 2017. The rest of finance was distributed between the area of buildings and transport (17%) and technology (8%). However, the proportion of the budget spent on salaries witnessed a marginal decline in the next year, decreasing to 69%. Furthermore, the sectors of buildings and transport and technology had a kind of equally shared portions in 2018, 17% and 14%, respectively, of the finance in the budget of the police.
