We are proud to announce the launch of the Barnet Eye Saturday Quiz. We have a great prize, an all expenses paid holiday for two at the lovely Sandbanks Hotel. Just cut and paste the questions below into an email, knock up an invoice for the amount of the holiday with the name "Metpro Security Response" on the top. Add 20% to it for spending money (detail it as VAT) and email it to Andrew.Travers@barnet.gov.uk (actually please don't as it's illegal, not that it seems to stop anyone round here). The quiz is actually just for fun
1. Metpro Group got paid over a million quid whilst operating without required licenses or accreditation Who spotted this?
A) Andrew Travers (Barnet Council Cheif Finacial Officer on £1000 a day)
B) Grant Thornton (Barnet Council Auditors with massive contract)
C) Lord Monroe Palmer (Head of Audit Committee - allowance £15k per annum)
D) The Bloggers of Barnet (Free of charge, guvnor)
2. When the Council became aware of the serious problems with Metpro, and the fact that the company had been providing services without the legally required checks, did they?
A) Call in the Police to see if there had been any criminal activity?
B) Set up an independent inquiry to get to the bottom of the issue, with power to discipline individuals for wrongdoing?
C) Suspend all work on outsourcing until the Council systems for contract management were given a clean bill of Health?
D) Set up an internal inquiry, with no power to do anything except "Inspire the Council Officials" (to quote Maryellen Salter)?
3. Having established that there was no audit trail of the Metpro Contract, Invoices were paid to unauthorised bank accounts, VAT was paid in contravention of VAT rules and EU law on contracts was not followed, how many Council officials have been suspended or dismissed from post?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3 or more
4. Every member of the Audit Committee expressed their disgust at what happened. It is clear that the duty of care they owe Barnet Residents has not been discharged properly. The MP's of Barnet , Theresa Villiers, Mike Freer and Matthew Offord are elected and paid to look after the residents interests. Additionally Freer was head of the Council when Metpro started to work for the Council. Offord was Deputy Leader. Which of these MP's has gone on record to express their dismay at the situation?
a) Villiers
b) Freer
c) Offord
d) None of them
5. What percentage of Vendors did the Head of the Audit Committee say that Barnet Council monitored until recently?
a) 100%
b) 10%
c) 1%
d) 0.1%
Please send your answers to nick.walkley@barnet.gov.uk along with any comments you may think appropriate. You may wish to CC the Leader of the Council cllr.r.cornelius@barnet.gov.uk
It is your money. Over £1 million of it. Please do not sit on your hands, contact these guys and tell them what you think
1. Metpro Group got paid over a million quid whilst operating without required licenses or accreditation Who spotted this?
A) Andrew Travers (Barnet Council Cheif Finacial Officer on £1000 a day)
B) Grant Thornton (Barnet Council Auditors with massive contract)
C) Lord Monroe Palmer (Head of Audit Committee - allowance £15k per annum)
D) The Bloggers of Barnet (Free of charge, guvnor)
2. When the Council became aware of the serious problems with Metpro, and the fact that the company had been providing services without the legally required checks, did they?
A) Call in the Police to see if there had been any criminal activity?
B) Set up an independent inquiry to get to the bottom of the issue, with power to discipline individuals for wrongdoing?
C) Suspend all work on outsourcing until the Council systems for contract management were given a clean bill of Health?
D) Set up an internal inquiry, with no power to do anything except "Inspire the Council Officials" (to quote Maryellen Salter)?
3. Having established that there was no audit trail of the Metpro Contract, Invoices were paid to unauthorised bank accounts, VAT was paid in contravention of VAT rules and EU law on contracts was not followed, how many Council officials have been suspended or dismissed from post?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3 or more
4. Every member of the Audit Committee expressed their disgust at what happened. It is clear that the duty of care they owe Barnet Residents has not been discharged properly. The MP's of Barnet , Theresa Villiers, Mike Freer and Matthew Offord are elected and paid to look after the residents interests. Additionally Freer was head of the Council when Metpro started to work for the Council. Offord was Deputy Leader. Which of these MP's has gone on record to express their dismay at the situation?
a) Villiers
b) Freer
c) Offord
d) None of them
5. What percentage of Vendors did the Head of the Audit Committee say that Barnet Council monitored until recently?
a) 100%
b) 10%
c) 1%
d) 0.1%
Please send your answers to nick.walkley@barnet.gov.uk along with any comments you may think appropriate. You may wish to CC the Leader of the Council cllr.r.cornelius@barnet.gov.uk
It is your money. Over £1 million of it. Please do not sit on your hands, contact these guys and tell them what you think
