To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its announcement on 2 February 2009 that 16,000 green energy jobs could be created over the next decade, how the figure was calculated and how many green energy jobs it expects to be created in 2008-09 and in each of the next four financial years. The estimate of 16,000 new green jobs in Scotland by 2020 is based on the UK Renewable Energy Strategy consultation document, which cited a figure of 160,000 new renewable energy jobs UK-wide by 2020.