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Title: BBC Staff numbers
Post by Administrator on Nov 23^rd, 2013, 4:10pm

According to a Freedom Of Information request (Number:-RFI20131556)

"How many people do the BBC employ and what percentage of these work in the news section.

From the income the BBC receives what is the percentage spent on news?

As at 30 September 2013, the BBC employed 19,649 staff on permanent or fixed-term contracts.
Of this number, 38% were employed in the News division, which includes Global News and World Service.

Please note that, as set out in section 6(1)(b)(ii) of the FOI Act, our subsidiaries (including BBC Studios & Post Production Ltd, UKTV, BBC Global News Ltd and BBC Worldwide Ltd), as well as the charities BBC
Media Action and BBC Children in Need, are not subject to the Act; therefore information for their personnel is not included in the figures quoted above.

In response to your second question, 14.1% of the Public Service Broadcasting income is spent on the
News division, including staff and production costs. Please note, due to the way this information is held,
this figure excludes Global News and World Service"

Source:- WDR. (Thanks)