Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	19,208	2,982
11 Apr 1927	20,389	1,801
11 Jul 1927	19,944	2,246
17 Oct 1927	18,762	3,428
16 Jan 1928	18,498	3,312
16 Apr 1928	17,775	4,035
16 Jul 1928	17,927	3,883
15 Oct 1928	18,098	3,712
14 Jan 1929	18,488	4,052
15 Apr 1929	19,609	2,931
15 Jul 1929	19,511	3,029
14 Oct 1929	19,550	2,990
13 Jan 1930	17,155	4,285
14 Apr 1930	18,147	3,293
14 Jul 1930	17,043	4,397
13 Oct 1930	15,752	5,688
12 Jan 1931	15,000	6,900
13 Apr 1931	13,815	8,085
13 Jul 1931	14,102	7,798
12 Oct 1931	13,605	8,295
25 Jan 1932	14,617	8,083
25 Apr 1932	14,042	8,658
25 Jul 1932	12,893	9,807
24 Oct 1932	13,111	9,589
23 Jan 1933	12,892	9,428
24 Apr 1933	12,853	9,467
24 Jul 1933	12,541	9,779
23 Oct 1933	13,885	8,435
22 Jan 1934	14,863	8,157
23 Apr 1934	15,566	7,454
23 Jul 1934	14,743	8,277
22 Oct 1934	15,345	7,675
28 Jan 1935	15,699	7,821
15 Apr 1935	16,356	7,164
22 Jul 1935	15,658	7,862
21 Oct 1935	16,602	6,918
20 Jan 1936	16,461	6,659
27 Apr 1936	17,046	6,074
20 Jul 1936	16,199	6,921
26 Oct 1936	17,692	5,428
25 Jan 1937	18,408	5,132
19 Apr 1937	18,573	4,967
26 Jul 1937	18,102	5,438
18 Oct 1937	19,114	4,426
17 Jan 1938	20,043	4,917
04 Apr 1938	20,567	4,393
18 Jul 1938	18,620	6,340
17 Oct 1938	19,494	5,466
16 Jan 1939	18,886	6,464
17 Apr 1939	20,635	4,715
10 Jul 1939	21,142	4,208
16 Apr 1945		1,193
16 Jul 1945		1,710
15 Oct 1945		2,087
14 Jan 1946		2,979
08 Apr 1946		3,133
15 Jul 1946		2,795
14 Oct 1946		3,304
13 Jan 1947		3,067
14 Apr 1947		3,359
14 Jul 1947		2,859
13 Oct 1947		2,770
12 Jan 1948		2,936
12 Apr 1948		2,596
12 Jul 1948		2,264
11 Oct 1948		2,443
10 Jan 1949		2,688
11 Apr 1949		2,325
11 Jul 1949		2,182
10 Oct 1949		2,303
16 Jan 1950		2,758
17 Apr 1950		2,291
10 Jul 1950		2,381
16 Oct 1950		2,382
15 Jan 1951		2,353
16 Apr 1951		1,781
16 Jul 1951		1,659
15 Oct 1951		1,655
14 Jan 1952		2,389
21 Apr 1952		2,309
14 Jul 1952		2,357
13 Oct 1952		2,117
12 Jan 1953		2,303
13 Apr 1953		2,116
13 Jul 1953		1,894
12 Oct 1953		2,032
11 Jan 1954		2,779
12 Apr 1954		2,653
12 Jul 1954		2,061
11 Oct 1954		2,180
10 Jan 1955		2,672
18 Apr 1955		2,011
11 Jul 1955		1,859
10 Oct 1955		1,669
16 Jan 1956		1,801
16 Apr 1956		1,538
16 Jul 1956		1,507
15 Oct 1956		1,467
14 Jan 1957		1,733
15 Apr 1957		1,500
15 Jul 1957		1,386
14 Oct 1957		1,356
13 Jan 1958		1,869
14 Apr 1958		2,761
14 Jul 1958		3,563
13 Oct 1958		3,543
12 Jan 1959		4,029
13 Apr 1959		3,887
13 Jul 1959		3,225
12 Oct 1959		2,865
11 Jan 1960		2,866

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1960	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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