Recommendation 11

As part of its new regional plans, the BBC is intending to hire new staff. At the same time, the BBC is making hundreds of staff redundant across the UK. We challenged the BBC on how exactly the two align and whether the BBC risks offering voluntary redundancy packages to staff in one area only then to rehire them in a separate area down the line. The BBC believes that the risks of this are low as it plans to hire new staff with skills which are different to those who are taking voluntary redundancy.21 16 Q 40 17 Q 33 18 Qq 70, 79, 83 19 C&AG’s Report, para 11 20 Q 90 21 Qq 70, 79, 81 to 83 BBC strategic financial management 11 2 The BBC’s finances and commercial operations