§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the location of BBC World Service buildings in the United Kingdom, providing a breakdown of(a) staff numbers, (b) salary costs and (c) running costs for buildings in (i) London and (ii) Scotland. [36192]
§ Mr. FatchettThe BBC World Service directly employs 1,057 equivalent full-time staff with an average basic salary of £25,117.
The World Service does not itself own any premises; all buildings are owned or leased by the BBC as a whole, and the World Service pays a central accommodation charge for the use of these buildings, which are all located in London. At present "running costs" are:
Location Running costs (£) Bush House (World Service share only) 5,008,000 Beaumont House 112,000 Macklin Street Nursery 65,000