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FOI request: How much down the years did the BBC give to Jimmy Savile?

The BBC does not hold a single figure that represents the amount paid to Jimmy Savile over the course of his career. However, the BBC holds a number of contributor files for Jimmy Savile at its Written Archives Centre which contain hundreds of payment slips for his appearances, for the use of footage featuring him or for expenses occurred in the course of filming. Whilst the BBC considers that contributor files, like other programme related material, fall outside the scope of the Act, in this case the BBC is prepared to volunteer this information to you. Due to the age of the files in question, it has proved difficult to scan pages in sufficiently high quality. I therefore propose sending the information to you in hard copy form. To that end, could you please contact us with a physical address to which we can send these documents ?