HC Deb 17 July 1989 vol 157 cc44-5W
Mr. Mudd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average weekly gross pay for a British lorry driver holding heavy goods vehicle 1 classification.

Mr. Nicholls

The average gross weekly earnings of male drivers of heavy goods vehicles (over 3 tonnes) in Great Britain was estimated to be £216.9 in April 1988, the latest date for which information is available. This figure relates to full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose earnings were not affected by absence.