To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32809 by Ross Finnie on 13 January 2003, on what date the survey "Public Attitudes Towards Wind Farms in Scotland" was withdrawn.

Information about the survey was removed from the Scottish Executive website on 21 November 2002, pending an investigation into the information that had been provided by a member of the public. A statement explaining that there had been an error in the data used to draw the results for the survey, that we had been advised that the conclusions had not been materially affected by this error, and that we had decided to commission a new survey, was posted on the Scottish Executive website on 6 December 2002.