fixed term contracts throughout his time at itv- time at itv. is abnormal to give -a offs time at itv. is abnormal to give payoffs to time at itv. is abnormal to give payoffs to people time at itv. is abnormal to give payoffs to people who - time at itv. is abnormal to give payoffs to people who are - time at itv. is abnormal to give payoffs to people who are not l time at itv. is abnormal to give - payoffs to people who are not staff? studio: if you rejoining us, we are listening to a committee meeting with the department for culture, media and sport. we are hearing about the culture at itv surrounding the phillip schofield controversy. we can speak now to our media and arts correspondent, david sillitoe. this has been ongoing for a couple of hours, now. what are some of the takeaway? aha, of hours, now. what are some of the takeawa ? ., ., ., ., takeaway? a good deal of detail from itv. about takeaway? a good deal of detail from in about the takeaway? a good deal of detail f
two circulate itv and investigated they say both parties were questioned then and both categorically and repeatedly denied the rumors. they say they also spoke to a number of people worked on this morning and the wider daytime programmes that grow from the same department that this morning does it itv and they say they were not provided with and find any evidence of a relationship beyond hearsay and rumor. they say given the ongoing rumours we continue to ask questions of both parties who both continue to deny the rumours, including as recently as this month. they say now of course that phillip schofield and the man in question have admitted the man in question have admitted the affair things have changed. and in a letter sent to both staff and to the department for culture, media and sport as well as others they say that itv has instructed kings council, a senior barrister, of
speculation, questions not just for phillip speculation, questions notjust for phillip schofield himself but also for itv, the broadcaster and to deal with some of that by issuing a not one but two letters today for the one but two letters today for the one letter has gone out to staff at itv the other two ofcom, the department for culture, media and sport and the dc ms select committee. in that letter they emphasise that they take this matter extremely seriously. they say they ve reviewed their own records over the weekend. they re trying to emphasise the fact that they believe they ve done everything that they should and could have done. some people will be saying well, did itv know about was going on? and if they didn t know should they have known? itv has said that its record showed that when rumours of a relationship between phillip schofield and an employee of itv first began to set
million covered the period from the queen s passing last september, all the way through the ten days of national mourning here in the uk, through to the queen s lying in state, and of course, her funeral. and it s worth remembering just the monumental scale of these events. indeed, the largest state event to be held in the uk since the second world war. you ll remember, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people who queued to pay their respects to the queen at westminster hall. and the government says that these funds were used to ensure these events could be run smoothly and with dignity while ensuring the safety and security of the public. now, that s reflected in this number here £73 million spent by the home office on police and security. it s thought to have been a massive scale security operation with around 5000 police officers deployed around london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the
the home office to ensure police and security around all of these events, around the uk. the second largest transient money was covered by the department for culture, media and sport, about 57 million spent on billboards and other announcements covering and celebrating and commemorating the legacy of the queen. the next largest transfer money was covered by the scottish government, nearly £19 million, and that cover the cost of the queen s lying of rest at edinburgh after her passing at balmoral and scott levels of the others involve governments also spent smaller sums in wales and northern ireland as the vent prince charles toward the four nations following the passing of his mother. the government says that these to evolve governments have since been refundable that treasury for all of those costs incurred. now more smaller trenches of about £2 million each are covered by the ministry defence, the permit for transport