Saltire Roofing and Building - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2025-038
Subject
Saltire Roofing and Building
Date Received
11/04/2025
Request and Response
  1. Has a company called Saltire Roofing & Building ltd ever done any work or been sub contracted out to your Health Board?

No

  1. When did this company first start doing work on your behalf?

N/A

  1. How many jobs has this company done for you?

 N/A

  1. How much money have you paid this company?

N/A

  1. Did this company start working for you by publicly tendering for contracts or were they brought in through the back door?

N/A

  1. Did the owner of the company Steven McIntosh Edwards ever work for your Health Board as an employee?

No

  1. How long should a company be trading before they are sub contracted out to your Health Board?

NHS Shetland follows Scottish Government Procurement Guidelines

  1. Would your Health Board sub contract work out to an ex-employee?

As above

  1. If an ex-employee claimed to have broken their leg at work, was then compensated financially by your Health Board, then set up a private building firm with the money, would you ever consider sub-contracting work out to that person’s company?

For a request to be valid under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EISR) it must be for recorded information held by the authority at the time of the request. As this question is asking about [opinions / speculation / hypothetical information] it is not a valid request under the FOI regime

  1. Would you allow managers to socialise with the same sub-contractors at local country clubs paid for by the private company from the profits they made from your Health Board?

For a request to be valid under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EISR) it must be for recorded information held by the authority at the time of the request. As this question is asking about [opinions / speculation / hypothetical information] it is not a valid request under the FOI regime

11. If managers were doing this would you class that as receiving gifts or taking back handers?

For a request to be valid under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EISR) it must be for recorded information held by the authority at the time of the request. As this question is asking about [opinions / speculation / hypothetical information] it is not a valid request under the FOI regime