The most popular gift in the Children's Service is chocolates.
Here is the full list for the year ended 31 March 2011 of all gifts & hospitality.
| Date | Item | Value | Giver |
| 10/11/2010 | Afghani bread | | |
| 21/01/2011 | Bottle of wine | | |
| 21/01/2011 | Bottle of wine | | |
| 08/04/2010 | Bouquet | | Whitefield Trust |
| 14/05/2010 | Bouquet | | St Anges School |
| 07/05/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 14/05/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 01/10/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 30/11/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 30/11/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 15/12/2010 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 21/01/2011 | Box of chocolates | | |
| 12/10/2010 | Box of chocolates and a bottle of wine | | |
| 13/05/2010 | Box of roses | | |
| 01/07/2010 | Box of sweets | | Liquidlogic |
| 19/04/2010 | Box of Thornton’s and a bottle of wine | | |
| 15/12/2010 | Cheque (for donation FC xmas party) | £200 | WI |
| 20/05/2010 | Chocolates | | |
| 28/07/2010 | Dinner | | Wessex Gardens |
| All Saints' NW2 | |||
| & Bell Lane Schools | |||
| 11/05/2010 | Flowers | | |
| 22/12/2010 | Flowers | | |
| 21/01/2011 | Flowers | | |
| 12/05/2010 | Gift voucher for Amazon | | |
| 11/01/2011 | Hamper | £200 | Jesus House |
| 20/10/2010 | Japanese note book | | |
| 17/09/2010 | Photo album | | |
The Japanese notebook and the photo album probably didn't need to be declared, assuming they were of modest value, as stationery items can be ignored.
One would think that the value of an Amazon gift voucher would be known?
As always there is an entry whose acronym isn't clear "FC", not Barnet FC? presumably the children's department Xmas party. The entries in the register should be clear ( open and transparent ).
So there was only one dinner. Someone who wasn't senior enjoyed it (hopefully). The entry probably should have said where the dinner was consumed. One of Mr Mustard's clients always jokes about going to KFC but of course we don't.
Here is another hamper which hopefully was shared out amongst staff or raffled or given to charity. Does anyone know?
Here is another hamper which hopefully was shared out amongst staff or raffled or given to charity. Does anyone know?
So who were the bigwigs in this department in the December 2010 management structure chart and what gifts did they receive ?
Robert McCulloch-Graham
Director of Children's Services
Not even a cuddly toy!
Jay Mercer
Deputy Director of Children's Service
Not even a cuddly toy!
Marion Ingram
Acting Assistant Director Social Care
Not even a cuddly toy!
Mick Quigley
Assistant Director - Schools & Learning
Not even a cuddly toy!
Val White
Assistant Director - Performance & Planning
Not even a cuddly toy!
So looking at the spend for this department listed in the over £500 spending lists we see the following suppliers received some sizable sums of money and might have shown their gratitude in the form of a lunch or dinner, some fine wine, a hamper, or something at all, but apparently not:
Capita Education Resourcing £95,000
Gardiner & Theobald LLP £799,000
construction consultancy
Hays HR/Personnel/Social Care £1,059,000
agency staff Morgan Hunt £30,000
recruitment
Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd £125,000
Sanctuary Personnel £147,000
Tribal Resourcing £70,000
staff advertising
solicitors
Zarak Recruitment £82,000
The council believes in whistle-blowing and certainly someone was happy to tell the Information Commissioner that Mr Mustard was a naughty boy ( which he wasn't and isn't ) so do feel free to tell this blog or any of the others about things that are wrong. No-one will breach your confidence.
Yours frugally
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