Who ate all the pies? ( but isn't overweight ).

So here is the list of the gifts and hospitality ( perks ) enjoyed by the Chief Executive's Office and Chief Executive's Service ( a distinction made by the council not by Mr Mustard ) all of which were consumed or received by one Nick Walkley. The FT Diary was given to the mayor's charity.

Date	Item	Value	Giver
27/04/2010	Tie	c. £4.50	Finnish delegation
08/05/2010	Mayor’s Charity Dinner
19/05/2010	CBI  Dinner		IBM
03/06/2010	Breakfast	£18	Tribal Group
16/06/2010	Tea	£15	McKinsey & Google
06/07/2010	Dinner – LGA Conference		IMPOWER
07/07/2010	Breakfast – LGA Conference		Localis/Accenture
07/07/2010	Reception – LGA Conference		Localis
30/07/2010	Lunch at Board Meeting		Enterprise
23/08/2010	Ramadan Dinner	£20	Barnet Muslim Forum
06/10/2010	Coffee during Hendon Ward Walk		Cllr Mark Shooter
11/10/2010	Lunch at Savoro’s	£15	Hammersons
13/10/2010	Dinner at SOLACE Conference		Tribal - accepted but did not attend
25/10/2010	LGC Lunch	£10	LGC
22/11/2010	2011 FT Diary		Kier
22/11/2010	Morphou Dinner	£20
01/12/2010	Dinner for Chief Executives		Local Government Improvement and
			Development and ACEVO
08/12/2010	LGC Dinner	£30	LGC
09/12/2010	Drinks	£5	Maxim Consulting
17/12/2010	Dinner	£50-£60	Brent Cross developers and partners
10/02/2011	Public Services Summit	£495	The Guardian
	2 day conference & dinner
23/03/2011	LGC Awards Dinner (as judge)		LGC

So next time you see non-stick wearing a tie, stare at it very hard and try to work out if it is from Finland and only worth £4.50  The Finns evidently weren't that impressed if their gift was only worth £4.50 - it was probably better to give nothing at all.

Get you own better tie here for $35

Only 10 dinners in the entire 12 months. A certain Cabinet Member is 5 times more productive than that?

What sort of jobsworth world are we in when the Chief Exec feels that he needs to list that a councillor bought him a cup of coffee during a ward visit? Hardly likely to sway someone's judgment, now is it.

Mr Mustard has eaten at Savoro ( not Savoro's ) in High Barnet. Last time he went of an evening the place was very busy and the food really is very good for the price charged. The lunch menu is an absolute bargain but Mr Mustard can't stop for lunch - too many blogs to write.

So who didn't get any perks, if the list is to be believed?

Zina Etheridge

Assistant Chief Executive

Not even a cup of coffee

Chris Palmer

Interim Assistant Director - Communications

Not even a cup of coffee

Gavin Lambert

Interim Assistant Director - Strategy

Not even a cup of coffee

Richard Grice

Assistant Director - Customer Services

Not even a cup of coffee

Ms Etheridge and Mr Grice have moved on, the latter to BT, who are bidding for the very customer service department he left behind.

Yours frugally

Mr Mustard