Under a new system put forward by the government, the National Audit Office will have full access to the records of BBC.

The proposal to provide full access to auditors has been there since some time, but was opposed by the BBC. The auditors will now be able to access investigate the expenses of the corporation in different areas.

Under the new system, there will not be any additional details to be released in the public domain, besides what the BBC already reveals. Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt worked to push the new system to make the public funded corporation more transparent.

"It is right that licence fee payers have confidence that the BBC is spending money wisely, so I am pleased that the NAO now have the right to full access to BBC information. Their new power to decide which areas of activity to scrutinize will increase transparency while maintaining the BBC's independence," he said.

The new system also obliges the BBC to shoulder the responsibilities handed to it as part of its autumn's licence fee settlement. The responsibilities include funding the World Service, S4C and BBC Monitoring as well as its commitments to local TV and broadband.