Police Budget Sources and Spending in Britain

The table and pie charts provide information about the 2017-18 police budget of one area of Britain. The sources of the budget’s funds are shown in the table, and the charts illustrate how the money was used.

Overall, the budget for the police Suggested change: increasedincreased1thrived, with the national government providing the majority of the funding in both years. Meanwhile, salaries continued to be the main form of spending.

Initially, the police department’s overall budget was £304.7 million in 2017, and it increased significantly to £318.6 million in 2018. With an increment from £175.5 million to £177.8 million, the national government provided the majority of this money. Local taxes showed the strongest growth of all revenue sources, from £91.2 million to £102.3 million, while other sources made up £38.5 million of the overall budget in 2018, a raise of Suggested change: £0.5 million£0.5 million2$0.5 million over the prior year.

Moving to the pie charts, officer and employee salaries made up the majority of Suggested change: expenditures; however, their shareexpenditures; however, their share3expenditures, however their share dropped from 75% to 69%. The amount spent on technology, nevertheless, Suggested change: nearly doublednearly doubled4nearly increased from 8% to 14%, while the amount spent on Suggested change: buildings and transportbuildings and transport5construction and transportation stayed constant at 17%.