The BBC is giving its senior managers an average of £5,425 each in car allowances every year.
The perk comes on top of their salaries, most of which exceed the prime minister’s annual pay of £149,440.
New figures released under Freedom of Information laws show that 216 BBC executives are currently in receipt of a car allowance.
In total, the BBC spent £1,171,866 on this benefit during the last financial year, which ended in April.
That works out at an average of £452 per month per manager.
The total amount spent – £1.17 million – is the equivalent of 8,054 licence fees each costing £145.50.
In 2013/14, a total of 327 senior BBC managers were given car allowances worth £1,678,207.
That’s an average of £5,132 each.
In other words, the BBC is now spending on average almost £300 more per manager on car allowances compared to two years ago.
Those in receipt of the perk are understood to include Helen Boaden, the head of radio, who is paid an eye watering £352,900 per year.
Hundreds of senior BBC staff also receive free health insurance courtesy of licence payers.
The BBC says these fringe benefits are no longer automatically on offer for those who join the BBC in a senior post.
