Savile wake

Some more detail from the BBC on the internal investigations post-Savile. Since the beginning of October last year, 152 allegations of a sexual nature have been made against 81 current and ex-BBC staff and contributors both alive and dead. Of these 10 current staff or contributors are currently still under investigation either by the police or the BBC.

Here's a BBC table with more detail. Click to "go large".

The FOI answer explains why it's hard to provide much more detail in general about "compromise agreements" - the exit strategy whereby money changes hands to secure a tricky parting quickly and without publicity. The level of churn is terrifying: "There are c20,000 people currently employed by the BBC and... c14,000 employees who have left the BBC in the past 3 years".

One other factoid: The BBC database of formal cases alleging bullying and harassment, raising grievances, or disciplinary cases totals around 2,200, from 2006 to January this year.