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.
SAMPLE ANSWER: organised by chart
The table illustrates how a police force in a British region was financed between 2017 and 2018; while the pie charts depict the distribution of those funds during the same period. Overall, the police received the most funding from the government in both years; meanwhile, police officer and staff wages, albeit the highest in both years, decreased.
Starting with funding, in 2017 the total funds received was £304.7 million. Over half of which was from the national government, at £175.5 million while the remaining came from local taxes and other sources, with £91.2 million and £38 million respectively. By 2018, the total budget had grown to £318.6 million. Specifically, the amount from the national government rose slightly to £177.8 million and local taxes contributed £102.3 million. The figure for other sources increased marginally to £38.5 million.
Turning to the expenditure, salaries for officers and staff were the highest in both years, with 75% in 2017 and it fell to 69% in 2018. Technology received 8% initially but the proportion almost doubled to 14% in 2018. Buildings and transport had the same proportion of 17% in each year.
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SAMPLE ANSWER: Organised by time
The funding of a police force in a British region between 2017 and 2018 is highlighted in the table while the distribution of those funds during the same period is shown in two pie charts. Overall, the total funding increased; meanwhile, technology was the only area whose expenditure increased.
Starting with 2017, the total money received was £304.7 million, £175.5 million of which came from the national government; while the remaining came from local taxes and other sources, with £91.2 million and £38 million respectively. The highest expenditure of 75% was on officer and staff renumeration followed by buildings and transport at 17%. The lowest funding allocation, namely, 8% went to technology.
Moving onto 2018, despite a fall, expenditure on wages was still the highest at 69%, while technology rose to 14% as well as this buildings and transport stayed the same with 17%. By this time the total budget had grown to £318.6 million. All sources increased, specifically, the amount from the national government rose slightly to £177.8 million. At the same time and other sources ended up with £102.3 million and £38.5 million, respectively.
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