Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Under your own steam

The papers always focus on the BBC's spend on taxis.   They might also ask about expenses for staff using their own transport for work, reclaimable at around 20p per mile if on a bike, 24p a mile for a motorcycle, and 40p in a car.  A total of £5.5m spent over three years.     




                                      Financial Year
Type                             2007/08             2008/09          2009/10
Bicycle                         1,558.20            2,125.60           828.80
Motorcycle                  9,080.88           4,797.36         3,985.68
Car                          2,108,307.42    1,831,663.09    1,538,477.96
Total                     2,118,946.50   1,838,586.05  1,543,292.44

In 2009/10 BBC staff claimed a mere 2,072 bicycle miles for work purposes. Cars travelled 3.9 million miles. 

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