HOW THEY FRITTER AWAY LICENCE FEE

£1bn

Spend on New Broadcasting House, which was delayed by four years and went £107m over budget

£100,000

BBC’s weekly spend on management consultants and PR gurus

£120

Amount BBC controller of comedy Shane Allen spent on 48 cupcakes to thank production crews for doing their jobs

£9,194

Amount BBC has spent on booze this year alone

£230,000

Spent on tea in 2012

£50

Cost of a pair of cashmere socks former BBC1 controller Jay Hunt charged to expenses as a gift

£48,000

Cost of a sofa and fake television studio set at Salford HQ

£3,000

Allowance for curtains and carpets for staff who moved up to Salford

£89m

Amount New Broadcasting House costs to run each year

£800

The amount of money the BBC’s controller of entertainment commissioning, Mark Linsey, spent on just seven taxis, according to the latest expenses disclosures

£369m

Value of pay-offs handed to departing staff over eight years

£470,300

The severance payment handed to former director general George Entwistle, who was ousted over his handling of the Savile scandal after just 54 days in charge

£80m

Sum lost on Lonely Planet. BBC Worldwide bought the travel publisher in a deal worth £130m, but sold it as a loss six years later

£395,000

Salary paid to Anne Bulford, director of finance and operations, who last year pledged that the BBC was committed to reining in management pay

12

Number of managers in BBC TV’s team of 24 that have the word ‘Controller’ in their job title

4,420

Number of job titles at the BBC, according to FOI in 2011

100

Members of staff who earn more than the Prime Minister