The publication of the BBC's annual report will show how much bosses such as Thompson and chief operating officer John Smith, who heads the commercial arm BBC Worldwide, received and whether they are being paid as much money as senior figures got last year.
In 2004 the board of governors authorised bonuses of £866,000 to the 16 members of the executive committee. This was equal to 22% of their salaries and they are entitled to a maximum of 30%.
This year the controversy over Thompson's cuts, which involved the loss of around 3,800 out of 28,000 BBC jobs, is likely to curtail the size of his bonus for fear of insensitivity amid ongoing negotiations with staff and unions.
Strike action by unions in May succeeded in forcing Thompson to negotiate cuts division by division, beginning last week, rather than at an organisational level.
The report is also believed to contain a statistic showing a slight shift in the BBC's relationship with the public. It is expected to indicate that the proportion of households holding TV licences has fallen, after many years of rises, from 97.7% to 97.4%, despite a crackdown on licence fee evasion.
The £126.50 licence fee contributed revenues of £2.94bn to the BBC last year, up £142m on the year before. The report is expected to show the BBC is in deficit for the year to the tune of £188m, compared with £249m the year before. The first figure includes a £62m charge relating to the redundancy programme.
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