[IELTS WT1] The Police budget for 2017-2018 in an area of Britain.

the table and charts analysis

TOPIC: 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.

The table illustrates sources of the Police budget for 2017 and 2018 in a Britain area, while the pie charts compare the disbursement of this budget. Overall, the total amount of money provided for the Police in 2018 was much more than it was in the previous year, and it was spent more on technology and less on salaries.

To begin with, the National Government financed the Police by about 175.5m in 2017, which was less than about 178m in 2018. Similarly, the amount of tax provided for the Police budget in 2018 was 91.2m, which was much more than that in 2017 (approximately 102m). Although the money that came from other sources nearly remained stable, there were over 318m for the Police budget in 2018, in comparison with under 305m in 2017.

On the other hand, the percentage of this budget spent on buildings and transport did not change in both years at 17 percent. Regarding the proportion of the Police fund, there was 8 percent in 2017 compared to 14 percent in 2018. On the contrary, there was more money disbursed for salaries for officers and staff at 75 percent in 2017 than under 70 percent in 2018.

The writer still has not shown an ability to create an informative report using less than 200 words. That will pose a problem for him in the actual test. He must learn to create less wordy reporting paragraphs so that his essay will fall within the 150-200 word count. Remember, there are only 20 minutes to write this test. Perhaps the writer should use a timer next time to help him write shorter reporting tasks.

The summary overview does not offer a completely informative short form of important information for both images. Further lacking from both image summaries are the measurement formats used, which would help the reader remember why such measurement references are used in the reporting paragraphs.

There is a lack of image differentiation when it comes to the reporting paragraphs. The writer should be conscious that the image types should be used as the anchor sentences for these paragraphs so that the reader knows which image type is being referred to when the measurement types used are the same.