Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	18,579	681
11 Apr 1927	18,988	272
11 Jul 1927	18,715	545
17 Oct 1927	18,834	426
16 Jan 1928	19,713	667
16 Apr 1928	20,002	378
16 Jul 1928	19,803	577
15 Oct 1928	19,857	523
14 Jan 1929	20,807	723
15 Apr 1929	20,883	647
15 Jul 1929	20,807	723
14 Oct 1929	20,845	685
13 Jan 1930	21,903	887
14 Apr 1930	22,145	645
14 Jul 1930	21,883	907
13 Oct 1930	21,924	866
12 Jan 1931	21,470	1,700
13 Apr 1931	21,920	1,250
13 Jul 1931	20,487	2,683
12 Oct 1931	21,654	1,516
25 Jan 1932	22,730	1,730
25 Apr 1932	22,881	1,579
25 Jul 1932	21,649	2,811
24 Oct 1932	22,708	1,752
23 Jan 1933	22,231	1,829
24 Apr 1933	22,784	1,276
24 Jul 1933	21,316	2,744
23 Oct 1933	22,996	1,064
22 Jan 1934	23,824	1,056
23 Apr 1934	23,912	968
23 Jul 1934	22,680	2,200
22 Oct 1934	23,868	1,012
28 Jan 1935	25,743	1,417
15 Apr 1935	26,055	1,105
22 Jul 1935	25,959	1,201
21 Oct 1935	26,248	912
20 Jan 1936	26,015	2,495
27 Apr 1936	26,670	1,840
20 Jul 1936	27,275	1,235
26 Oct 1936	26,418	2,092
25 Jan 1937	26,556	3,794
19 Apr 1937	28,590	1,760
26 Jul 1937	27,194	3,156
18 Oct 1937	29,197	1,153
17 Jan 1938	29,156	2,674
04 Apr 1938	30,684	1,146
18 Jul 1938	28,870	2,960
17 Oct 1938	28,902	2,928
16 Jan 1939	32,555	1,895
17 Apr 1939	33,244	1,206
10 Jul 1939	33,348	1,102
15 Jul 1946		278
14 Oct 1946		219
13 Jan 1947		235
14 Apr 1947		337
14 Jul 1947		176
13 Oct 1947		220
12 Jan 1948		288
12 Apr 1948		283
12 Jul 1948		213
11 Oct 1948		303
10 Jan 1949		251
11 Apr 1949		202
11 Jul 1949		200
10 Oct 1949		205
16 Jan 1950		310
17 Apr 1950		258
10 Jul 1950		226
16 Oct 1950		268
15 Jan 1951		314
16 Apr 1951		266
16 Jul 1951		235
15 Oct 1951		331
14 Jan 1952		411
21 Apr 1952		462
14 Jul 1952		561
13 Oct 1952		543
12 Jan 1953		624
13 Apr 1953		461
13 Jul 1953		277
12 Oct 1953		391
11 Jan 1954		430
12 Apr 1954		338
12 Jul 1954		212
11 Oct 1954		296
10 Jan 1955		279
18 Apr 1955		184
11 Jul 1955		161
10 Oct 1955		135
16 Jan 1956		195
16 Apr 1956		171
16 Jul 1956		3,035
15 Oct 1956		279
14 Jan 1957		837
15 Apr 1957		348
15 Jul 1957		226
14 Oct 1957		309
13 Jan 1958		358
14 Apr 1958		377
14 Jul 1958		372
13 Oct 1958		1,016
12 Jan 1959		1,108
13 Apr 1959		936
13 Jul 1959		718
12 Oct 1959		770
11 Jan 1960		776
11 Apr 1960		312
11 Jul 1960		275
10 Oct 1960		362
16 Jan 1961		6,164
10 Apr 1961		480
10 Jul 1961		357
16 Oct 1961		2,021
15 Jan 1962		719
09 Apr 1962		461
09 Jul 1962		460
15 Oct 1962		840
14 Jan 1963		2,113
08 Apr 1963		738
15 Jul 1963		430
14 Oct 1963		458
13 Jan 1964		476
13 Apr 1964		376
13 Jul 1964		268
12 Oct 1964		386
11 Jan 1965		401
12 Apr 1965		3,604
12 Jul 1965		364
11 Oct 1965		853
10 Jan 1966		576
10 Apr 1966		585
11 Jul 1966		469
10 Oct 1966		8,843
09 Jan 1967		4,204
10 Apr 1967		1,664
10 Jul 1967		1,133
09 Oct 1967		2,167
08 Jan 1968		1,489
08 Apr 1968		1,492
08 Jul 1968		2,062
14 Oct 1968		2,098
13 Jan 1969		2,063
14 Apr 1969		2,097
14 Jul 1969		2,001
13 Oct 1969		2,797
12 Jan 1970		3,805
13 Apr 1970		7,853
13 Jul 1970		7,723
12 Oct 1970		2,918
11 Jan 1971		3,204
05 Apr 1971		3,250
12 Jul 1971		3,409
11 Oct 1971		2,887
10 Jan 1972		3,231
10 Apr 1972		3,281
10 Jul 1972		2,728
09 Oct 1972		2,697
08 Jan 1973		2,705
09 Apr 1973		2,670
09 Jul 1973		2,412
08 Oct 1973		1,960
14 Jan 1974		2,258
08 Apr 1974		3,311
08 Jul 1974		2,886
14 Oct 1974		2,903

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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