A bill of nearly £1,600 for an "executive Christmas dinner" held by the BBC's creative director Alan Yentob was among the claims in the latest list of expenses published by the broadcaster.

Former BBC former drama chief Jane Tranter, who quit as the BBC head of fiction last year to take up a new US role with the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, claimed more than £3,000 for flowers over a three-year period, most of them as gifts for BBC stars.

The new figures follow the publication last month of more than £360,000-worth of expense claims made by 13 members of the BBC's executive board. The latest statistics relate to the BBC's 30 most senior managers outside of the board, including the controllers of all its TV and radio stations, and other senior executives.

Unlike the publication of MPs' expenses, the data was not heavily redacted and shone further light into the internal – and occasionally unlikely – workings of the BBC. Some of the more eye-catching claims included:

• Creative director Alan Yentob claimed £1,579.63 for an "executive Christmas dinner" for 27 people in 2006.

• £4,589 claimed by Michael Carrington, controller of CBeebies, for travel to a conference in New York.

• Over £800 of Molton Brown gift sets and toiletries claimed by BBC1 controller Jay Hunt, along with a £94.50 "silver bangle with charm", a £59.95 biscuit jar, and £48.95 for two pairs of cashmere socks bought as a "gift for a leading supplier".

• The BBC's director of archive content and former BBC2 controller Roly Keating claimed more than £1,000 for champagne and chocolates.

• A £1,233 dinner held by BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer to celebrate the 35th anniversary of BBC Radio 4 panel show, Just A Minute

Elsewhere in the figures published yesterday, it was revealed how entertainment executive Jonathan Beazley claimed £6.99 for a Doctor Who action figure, and BBC3 controller Danny Cohen claimed £26.97 for a box set of the first series of Skins, the teen drama he commissioned when he was head of rival channel, E4.

BBC News channel controller Kevin Bakhurst spent several hundred pounds trying to persuade talent to change channels and join the BBC. "Job talks - try to persuade to join BBC News." Another, for £78.19, went on "contacts/gathering information" about the BBC's rival, Rupert Murdoch's Sky.

The BBC's chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, said the corporation was delivering a "step change in the information we disclose to the public, and we believe this will make us one of the most transparent and open public service organisations in Britain". All of the expenses claims related to a three-year period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March this year.

Thomson said: "Later in the year we will formalise our processes in this area and routinely publish large amounts of information relating to the pay and expenses of our top executives. We will also give details of the amount of money the BBC pays for onscreen presenters and artists.

"The public will then be able to see how the BBC performs against its commitment to reduce the amount of money the organisation spends on top talent, which currently stands at approximately 2% of the licence fee."