Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	15,657	1,163
11 Apr 1927	15,776	1,044
11 Jul 1927	15,836	984
17 Oct 1927	15,970	850
16 Jan 1928	15,133	1,047
16 Apr 1928	15,205	975
16 Jul 1928	14,903	1,277
15 Oct 1928	15,190	990
14 Jan 1929	14,933	1,217
15 Apr 1929	15,277	873
15 Jul 1929	15,176	974
14 Oct 1929	15,033	1,117
13 Jan 1930	15,546	1,364
14 Apr 1930	15,066	1,844
14 Jul 1930	15,081	1,829
13 Oct 1930	14,946	1,964
12 Jan 1931	14,803	2,167
13 Apr 1931	14,608	2,362
13 Jul 1931	14,382	2,588
12 Oct 1931	13,961	3,009
25 Jan 1932	14,451	2,799
25 Apr 1932	14,696	2,554
25 Jul 1932	14,405	2,845
24 Oct 1932	14,390	2,860
23 Jan 1933	14,438	2,742
24 Apr 1933	14,651	2,529
24 Jul 1933	15,093	2,087
23 Oct 1933	15,444	1,736
22 Jan 1934	15,794	1,846
23 Apr 1934	16,013	1,627
23 Jul 1934	16,076	1,564
22 Oct 1934	16,154	1,486
28 Jan 1935	16,071	1,789
15 Apr 1935	16,403	1,457
22 Jul 1935	16,261	1,599
21 Oct 1935	16,498	1,362
20 Jan 1936	16,625	1,815
27 Apr 1936	16,920	1,520
20 Jul 1936	17,018	1,422
26 Oct 1936	17,296	1,144
25 Jan 1937	16,992	1,318
19 Apr 1937	17,230	1,080
26 Jul 1937	17,230	1,080
18 Oct 1937	17,431	879
17 Jan 1938	17,738	1,112
04 Apr 1938	17,794	1,056
18 Jul 1938	17,907	943
17 Oct 1938	17,945	905
16 Jan 1939	18,240	960
17 Apr 1939	18,470	730
10 Jul 1939	18,739	461
15 Jul 1946		115
14 Oct 1946		107
13 Jan 1947		152
14 Apr 1947		282
14 Jul 1947		98
13 Oct 1947		55
12 Jan 1948		51
12 Apr 1948		35
12 Jul 1948		52
11 Oct 1948		67
10 Jan 1949		91
11 Apr 1949		63
11 Jul 1949		58
10 Oct 1949		80
16 Jan 1950		102
17 Apr 1950		76
10 Jul 1950		99
16 Oct 1950		88
15 Jan 1951		69
16 Apr 1951		49
16 Jul 1951		67
15 Oct 1951		71
14 Jan 1952		65
21 Apr 1952		100
14 Jul 1952		149
13 Oct 1952		169
12 Jan 1953		168
13 Apr 1953		139
13 Jul 1953		111
12 Oct 1953		111
11 Jan 1954		129
12 Apr 1954		114
12 Jul 1954		126
11 Oct 1954		114
10 Jan 1955		110
18 Apr 1955		100
11 Jul 1955		90
10 Oct 1955		139
16 Jan 1956		103
16 Apr 1956		155
16 Jul 1956		151
15 Oct 1956		137
14 Jan 1957		250
15 Apr 1957		251
15 Jul 1957		263
14 Oct 1957		275
13 Jan 1958		279
14 Apr 1958		321
14 Jul 1958		286
13 Oct 1958		292
12 Jan 1959		368
13 Apr 1959		362
13 Jul 1959		326
12 Oct 1959		319
11 Jan 1960		319
11 Apr 1960		275
11 Jul 1960		193
10 Oct 1960		214
16 Jan 1961		208
10 Apr 1961		209
10 Jul 1961		179
16 Oct 1961		275
15 Jan 1962		338
09 Apr 1962		374
09 Jul 1962		473
15 Oct 1962		524
14 Jan 1963		851
08 Apr 1963		544
15 Jul 1963		407
14 Oct 1963		369
13 Jan 1964		381
13 Apr 1964		318
13 Jul 1964		277
12 Oct 1964		310
11 Jan 1965		394
12 Apr 1965		898
12 Jul 1965		205
11 Oct 1965		278
10 Jan 1966		233
10 Apr 1966		221
11 Jul 1966		188
10 Oct 1966		286
09 Jan 1967		428
10 Apr 1967		421
10 Jul 1967		440
09 Oct 1967		402
08 Jan 1968		596
08 Apr 1968		477
08 Jul 1968		504
14 Oct 1968		583
13 Jan 1969		656
14 Apr 1969		670
14 Jul 1969		575
13 Oct 1969		694
12 Jan 1970		752
13 Apr 1970		658
13 Jul 1970		563
12 Oct 1970		620
11 Jan 1971		796
05 Apr 1971		881
12 Jul 1971		1,328
11 Oct 1971		2,502
10 Jan 1972		1,143
10 Apr 1972		1,118
10 Jul 1972		874
09 Oct 1972		786
08 Jan 1973		821
09 Apr 1973		682
09 Jul 1973		521
08 Oct 1973		510
14 Jan 1974		727
08 Apr 1974		778
08 Jul 1974		656
14 Oct 1974		641

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1946 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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