TESCO Bank chief executive Benny Higgins has been granted 20,200 share options in supermarket parent company Tesco.

Mr Higgins was among a group of senior executives granted options under Tesco's Savings-Related Share Option Scheme.

Others include personnel director Alison Horner, head of the Asian business Trevor Masters and chief information officer Mike McNamara.

Those granted the options have an option to take them up at 150 pence per share.