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<p>The Office of National Statistics publishes figures of employment by occupation,
based on the Labour Force Survey, a household survey. The estimates for numbers of
professional large goods vehicle drivers each year based on surveys between April
and June are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK total
in employment in standard occupation classification 8211 (large goods vehicle drivers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>285,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>285,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>315,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>302,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency record the number of vocational tests
passed. Records for 2010 to 2017 are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total
number of test passes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>21268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>28486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018
to 31/03</p></td><td><p>10053</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
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