Question reference: S5W-11562
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 September 2017 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 31 October 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by sector of its low-carbon and renewable jobs figure of 58,000 and clarify which specific technologies are included in this figure.
Answer
The estimates for low carbon and renewable energy jobs in Scotland are not published by the Scottish Government, they are compiled and published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in their UK Environmental Accounts: Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey. The dataset and methodology, including breakdown by sector and technology, are available on the ONS website. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2015results
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyindirectestimatesdataset