Stat fest

A Thursday in late August is a good day to dump 90-odd Freedom of Information replies into the ether, at least as far as the BBC is concerned.

Here's a few highlights...

Number of Staff in receipt of Flexibility / Unpredictability Allowance  8,323
Total Cost to BBC  £32,485,225
Minimum Annual Amount  £1,385
Maximum Annual Amount  £9,516

Spending on hotels went up by 10.2% in the last year, rising from £17.8m to £19.6m

The BBC has witheld all information (under the rules) in reponse to more than 50% of FOI requests in the past three years.

The BBC spent £36,991.83 on electricity to power Broadcasting House in the month of December 2010.

The BBC spent £2,794k on tea, coffee, soft drinks etc for staff and visitors in the last financial year, plus £334k maintaining and supply staff tea points, and £383k on water dispensers.

The average age of the 19 staff hired on Continuing or Fixed Term contracts to work in BBC Radio in 2010 is 31.

Here's a belter: The BBC, in May this year, wrote to an inquirer thus "I can confirm that we do not hold an organisational chart for the BBC". And Lucy Adams is on how much ?