You asked
Please provide the following:
Quarterly statistics for UK Large Goods Vehicle Drivers (SOC 8211) broken down **by nationality or country of birth over the past 10 years.
- This will allow me to understand how many Continental European drivers may have left the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this compares to the evolution of the nationality profile since the Financial Crisis in 2008/2009.
Breakdown by age for SOC 8211 in 5 year increments (19-24, 25-29, ... 55-59, 60-64, 65+); both latest available data and the same for Q4 2019, 2015, 2010 and 2005.
- This will allow me to interpret the age profile change pre-COVID-19 to current, and then compare this against the evolution of the age profile over the preceding 15 years. It will enable me to understand if retirement of the higher age ranges has increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic and if the overall LGV driver workforce has been aging over the past 15 years.
We said
Thank you for your request.
In order to provide the data requested, we would be required to create bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
However, the customer services team of ONS Social Services division may be able to create this for you as ad hoc analysis. This team provides an ad hoc analysis service, including tabulations of Labour force (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS) data, both of which contain question variables relating to UK Large Good Vehicle Drivers.
Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources and agreement of costs. Details of the variables included in these datasets can be viewed in the LFS User Guides https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/labourforcesurveyuserguidance
If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contactsocialsurveys@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.
If you are able to do your own cross-tabulations you could purchase an anonymised LFS or APS dataset from the UK Data Service. Details on costs and how to download the data can be found on their website: