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Good to know the BBC's Freedom of Information team was working on New Year's Eve. No evidence on the HR database of child sexual abuse since 2006, but....

As we have already released in a previous FOI response, the BBC Investigation Service has records of 1 allegation relating to one individual reported to the Investigation Unit which was alleged to relate to a minor. This allegation was found not to be substantiated following an investigation by the BBC in 2011.

In addition to the above, since the allegations about Jimmy Savile and others came to light the BBC has been actively encouraging anyone with information to come forward since 3 October 2012. As a result of this the BBC has received 45 allegations of inappropriate physical and non-physical behaviour of a sexual nature involving victims under the age of 18 relating to 25 BBC staff or contributors. The majority of these allegations relate to people who have died, or who have not worked for the BBC for many years although the dates supplied for these historic cases aren’t always specific.