Post by Teddy Bear on Jul 18, 2011 17:30:40 GMT
If you look at the BBC webpage on the BBC trust, you will see two sections which I've highlighted below:
Well I don't know what Michael Lyons, the previous chairman of the Trust, considered as 'getting the best out of the BBC for the licence fee payer', but judging by the story below he saw it from the point of view as a licence fee payer and that HE was going to get the best out of the BBC - in expenses, along with a few others there.
It's nice to see the current chairman is minimising expenses to do his job, it's a start.
Well I don't know what Michael Lyons, the previous chairman of the Trust, considered as 'getting the best out of the BBC for the licence fee payer', but judging by the story below he saw it from the point of view as a licence fee payer and that HE was going to get the best out of the BBC - in expenses, along with a few others there.It's nice to see the current chairman is minimising expenses to do his job, it's a start.
Ex-BBC chairman Michael Lyons ran up £11,500 expenses in six months including £1,335 on cabs (despite having a DRIVER)
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:49 PM on 18th July 2011
The former chairman of the BBC Trust racked up expenses totalling more than £11,500 in just six months, according to figures released today.
Sir Michael Lyons, who left the job on April 30 when he was replaced by former cabinet minister Lord Patten, spent £1,335.04 on cars despite having 'part-time access to a driver and car when working in London on BBC business'.
Sir Michael, who lives in Birmingham, also spent more than £5,274.29 on accommodation with the vast majority of it being spent on London hotels.
Another substantial claim was for £3,846 for train tickets with his total claim, from October 2010 to March 2011, coming to £11,566.73.
The hospitality register also revealed he spent £5,767 hosting 'stakeholder' lunches at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences.
Sir Michael also accepted tickets for himself and his wife to a KT Tunstall concert hosted by Radio 2 and took his son to a performance by the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
His successor has refused to have a car and driver, saving the trust £25,000 a year.
The trust paid out a total of £39,364.35 to its trustees in expenses over the period - down from £46,554 in the previous six months.
Other substantial claims were made by Alison Hastings, who claimed £6,161.29, and Rotha Johnston, who claimed £4,806.28.
Janet Lewis-Jones's term as a trustee finished on October 31 just a month after the new period started, but she still managed to claim £1,544.81 in expenses.
The lowest claim was for £171.03 by Anthony Fry.
He also accepted a ticket to the recording of BBC Sports Personality of the Year and took his son, but paid for the second ticket.
The trust also paid out £2,164.22 in expenses to its director Nicholas Kroll. Almost half of that, £1,050.19, was for lunch or coffee with an 'external contact'. Mr Kroll also claimed £482.07 for lunch or coffee with other BBC staff or trustees.
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:49 PM on 18th July 2011
The former chairman of the BBC Trust racked up expenses totalling more than £11,500 in just six months, according to figures released today.
Sir Michael Lyons, who left the job on April 30 when he was replaced by former cabinet minister Lord Patten, spent £1,335.04 on cars despite having 'part-time access to a driver and car when working in London on BBC business'.
Sir Michael, who lives in Birmingham, also spent more than £5,274.29 on accommodation with the vast majority of it being spent on London hotels.
Another substantial claim was for £3,846 for train tickets with his total claim, from October 2010 to March 2011, coming to £11,566.73.
The hospitality register also revealed he spent £5,767 hosting 'stakeholder' lunches at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences.
Sir Michael also accepted tickets for himself and his wife to a KT Tunstall concert hosted by Radio 2 and took his son to a performance by the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
His successor has refused to have a car and driver, saving the trust £25,000 a year.
BBC TRUST BIG SPENDERS
Between October 2010 and March 2011:
Sir Michael Lyons: £11,566.73
Chitra Bharucha: £761.35
Diane Coyle: £1,338.69
Richard Ayre: £492.92
Anthony Fry: £171.03
Alison Hastings: £6,161.29
Patricia Hodgson: £1,576.44
Rotha Johnston: £4,806.28
Janet Lewis-Jones: £1,544.81
David Liddiment: £268.90
Bill Matthews: £2,867.52
Mehmuda Mian: £2,863.29
Jeremy Peat: £3,306.00
Elan Closs Stephens: £1,639.10
Total trustees: £39,364.35
Nicholas Kroll (director): £2,164.22
TOTAl: £41,528.57
The trust paid out a total of £39,364.35 to its trustees in expenses over the period - down from £46,554 in the previous six months.
Other substantial claims were made by Alison Hastings, who claimed £6,161.29, and Rotha Johnston, who claimed £4,806.28.
Janet Lewis-Jones's term as a trustee finished on October 31 just a month after the new period started, but she still managed to claim £1,544.81 in expenses.
The lowest claim was for £171.03 by Anthony Fry.
He also accepted a ticket to the recording of BBC Sports Personality of the Year and took his son, but paid for the second ticket.
The trust also paid out £2,164.22 in expenses to its director Nicholas Kroll. Almost half of that, £1,050.19, was for lunch or coffee with an 'external contact'. Mr Kroll also claimed £482.07 for lunch or coffee with other BBC staff or trustees.