Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	27,306	6,784
11 Apr 1927	28,840	5,250
11 Jul 1927	28,363	5,727
17 Oct 1927	29,045	5,045
16 Jan 1928	26,850	5,500
16 Apr 1928	27,271	5,079
16 Jul 1928	26,753	5,597
15 Oct 1928	26,753	5,597
14 Jan 1929	28,272	5,028
15 Apr 1929	27,506	5,794
15 Jul 1929	28,072	5,228
14 Oct 1929	27,306	5,994
13 Jan 1930	25,624	6,326
14 Apr 1930	25,432	6,518
14 Jul 1930	25,209	6,741
13 Oct 1930	31,950	0
12 Jan 1931	22,088	11,582
13 Apr 1931	21,582	12,088
13 Jul 1931	22,525	11,145
12 Oct 1931	20,842	12,828
25 Jan 1932	20,726	11,914
25 Apr 1932	20,041	12,599
25 Jul 1932	20,531	12,109
24 Oct 1932	21,118	11,522
23 Jan 1933	21,170	11,960
24 Apr 1933	21,634	11,496
24 Jul 1933	22,926	10,204
23 Oct 1933	22,230	10,900
22 Jan 1934	20,821	10,919
23 Apr 1934	22,345	9,395
23 Jul 1934	22,980	8,760
22 Oct 1934	22,758	8,982
28 Jan 1935	21,161	10,189
15 Apr 1935	22,541	8,809
22 Jul 1935	22,635	8,715
21 Oct 1935	21,537	9,813
20 Jan 1936	22,478	9,772
27 Apr 1936	23,800	8,450
20 Jul 1936	25,574	6,676
26 Oct 1936	25,155	7,095
25 Jan 1937	27,611	9,009
19 Apr 1937	28,564	8,056
26 Jul 1937	27,758	8,862
18 Oct 1937	28,417	8,203
17 Jan 1938	29,377	8,383
04 Apr 1938	30,095	7,665
18 Jul 1938	30,661	7,099
17 Oct 1938	30,246	7,514
16 Jan 1939	31,377	9,373
17 Apr 1939	33,211	7,539
10 Jul 1939	33,293	7,457
16 Apr 1945		279
16 Jul 1945		226
15 Oct 1945		444
14 Jan 1946		850
08 Apr 1946		1,459
15 Jul 1946		1,734
14 Oct 1946		2,098
13 Jan 1947		2,294
14 Apr 1947		2,253
14 Jul 1947		1,711
13 Oct 1947		1,813
12 Jan 1948		2,354
12 Apr 1948		2,336
12 Jul 1948		1,908
11 Oct 1948		2,100
10 Jan 1949		2,312
11 Apr 1949		1,861
11 Jul 1949		1,624
10 Oct 1949		2,269
16 Jan 1950		2,110
17 Apr 1950		2,509
10 Jul 1950		1,900
16 Oct 1950		1,817
15 Jan 1951		1,525
16 Apr 1951		1,362
16 Jul 1951		966
15 Oct 1951		1,202
14 Jan 1952		1,278
21 Apr 1952		1,398
14 Jul 1952		1,252
13 Oct 1952		1,963
12 Jan 1953		2,173
13 Apr 1953		1,983
13 Jul 1953		1,630
12 Oct 1953		2,018
11 Jan 1954		2,138
12 Apr 1954		2,031
12 Jul 1954		1,192
11 Oct 1954		1,889
10 Jan 1955		1,703
18 Apr 1955		1,420
11 Jul 1955		962
10 Oct 1955		1,341
16 Jan 1956		1,331
16 Apr 1956		1,239
16 Jul 1956		1,155
15 Oct 1956		1,464
14 Jan 1957		1,881
15 Apr 1957		3,269
15 Jul 1957		1,287
14 Oct 1957		1,693
13 Jan 1958		2,200
14 Apr 1958		2,361
14 Jul 1958		1,759
13 Oct 1958		2,785
12 Jan 1959		2,911
13 Apr 1959		2,830
13 Jul 1959		2,734
12 Oct 1959		2,436
11 Jan 1960		2,642
11 Apr 1960		4,245
11 Jul 1960		708
10 Oct 1966		2,768
09 Jan 1967		3,368
10 Apr 1967		3,633
10 Jul 1967		3,199
09 Oct 1967		3,414
08 Jan 1968		3,347
08 Apr 1968		3,170

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1968	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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