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Written question asked by Ian Stewart (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 February 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Lorry Drivers

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of heavy trucks and lorry drivers (a) employed and (b) self-employed in the UK; what estimate he has made of the average hours worked by each category of driver in the latest period for figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the average (i) hourly and (ii) weekly earnings of heavy truck and lorry drivers in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

The following table gives the numbers of heavy goods vehicle (HGV¹) drivers who are (a) employed and (b) self employed, their hours worked, and hourly and weekly earnings during September 2009 in the United Kingdom."¹ In the 'Freight Transport by Road' industry class."

HGV drivers¹
Employed Self employed
Number 109,113 16,417
Usual paid hours worked per week (mean) 51 50
Average gross weekly pay (£) 493 n/a
Average gross hourly pay (£) 9.59 n/a
n/a = Pay information is only available for employees
¹ This includes LGV drivers and other drivers under the SOC2000 (Standard Occupational Classification 2000) 8211 category.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey, July-September 2009

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
505 c427W; 314739
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Large goods vehicle drivers Working hours
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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