Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	91,169	15,461
11 Apr 1927	97,460	9,170
11 Jul 1927	9,184	1,446
17 Oct 1927	95,540	11,090
16 Jan 1928	92,610	18,300
16 Apr 1928	96,714	14,196
16 Jul 1928	89,283	21,627
15 Oct 1928	93,053	17,857
14 Jan 1929	86,781	24,619
15 Apr 1929	94,913	16,487
15 Jul 1929	92,462	18,938
14 Oct 1929	96,138	15,262
13 Jan 1930	91,399	22,281
14 Apr 1930	91,967	21,713
14 Jul 1930	84,805	28,875
13 Oct 1930	88,557	25,123
12 Jan 1931	81,335	37,925
13 Apr 1931	85,271	33,989
13 Jul 1931	80,500	38,760
12 Oct 1931	85,390	33,870
25 Jan 1932	83,468	37,852
25 Apr 1932	88,685	32,635
25 Jul 1932	83,226	38,094
24 Oct 1932	90,262	31,058
23 Jan 1933	83,825	35,245
24 Apr 1933	84,421	34,649
24 Jul 1933	86,802	32,268
23 Oct 1933	97,399	21,671
22 Jan 1934	93,369	26,181
23 Apr 1934	95,401	24,149
23 Jul 1934	91,934	27,616
22 Oct 1934	99,944	19,606
28 Jan 1935	93,717	26,433
15 Apr 1935	97,562	22,588
22 Jul 1935	94,678	25,472
21 Oct 1935	99,965	20,185
20 Jan 1936	94,138	26,552
27 Apr 1936	99,569	21,121
20 Jul 1936	98,966	21,724
26 Oct 1936	104,155	16,535
25 Jan 1937	103,233	19,957
19 Apr 1937	107,175	16,015
26 Jul 1937	102,125	21,065
18 Oct 1937	106,806	16,384
17 Jan 1938	103,122	23,098
04 Apr 1938	105,267	20,953
18 Jul 1938	102,869	23,351
17 Oct 1938	104,636	21,584
16 Jan 1939	98,685	28,815
17 Apr 1939	105,315	22,185
10 Jul 1939	108,375	19,125
16 Apr 1945		393
16 Jul 1945		797
15 Oct 1945		1,071
14 Jan 1946		1,751
08 Apr 1946		2,510
15 Jul 1946		2,649
14 Oct 1946		2,368
13 Jan 1947		2,454
14 Apr 1947		6,504
14 Jul 1947		1,296
13 Oct 1947		1,300
12 Jan 1948		1,293
12 Apr 1948		1,149
12 Jul 1948		1,000
11 Oct 1948		1,006
10 Jan 1949		1,076
11 Apr 1949		1,123
11 Jul 1949		860
10 Oct 1949		998
16 Jan 1950		1,143
17 Apr 1950		995
10 Jul 1950		949
16 Oct 1950		860
15 Jan 1951		902
16 Apr 1951		601
16 Jul 1951		482
15 Oct 1951		613
14 Jan 1952		799
21 Apr 1952		1,720
14 Jul 1952		2,489
13 Oct 1952		2,148
12 Jan 1953		1,835
13 Apr 1953		1,801
13 Jul 1953		1,499
12 Oct 1953		1,271
11 Jan 1954		1,297
12 Apr 1954		1,100
12 Jul 1954		1,026
11 Oct 1954		1,010
10 Jan 1955		1,060
18 Apr 1955		896
11 Jul 1955		998
10 Oct 1955		1,113
16 Jan 1956		2,514
16 Apr 1956		1,766
16 Jul 1956		3,050
15 Oct 1956		2,481
14 Jan 1957		5,397
15 Apr 1957		2,752
15 Jul 1957		2,928
14 Oct 1957		2,329
13 Jan 1958		3,052
14 Apr 1958		3,263
14 Jul 1958		3,091
13 Oct 1958		3,830
12 Jan 1959		5,253
13 Apr 1959		3,555
13 Jul 1959		2,943
12 Oct 1959		2,621
11 Jan 1960		3,091
11 Apr 1960		2,462
11 Jul 1960		2,081
10 Oct 1960		2,000
16 Jan 1961		2,100
10 Apr 1961		1,976
10 Jul 1961		1,792
16 Oct 1961		1,980
15 Jan 1962		2,336
09 Apr 1962		2,184
09 Jul 1962		2,182
15 Oct 1962		2,706
14 Jan 1963		5,117
08 Apr 1963		3,253
15 Jul 1963		3,224
14 Oct 1963		3,204
13 Jan 1964		3,064
13 Apr 1964		2,583
13 Jul 1964		2,083
12 Oct 1964		2,218
11 Jan 1965		2,222
12 Apr 1965		186
12 Jul 1965		1,825
11 Oct 1965		1,996
10 Jan 1966		1,848
10 Apr 1966		1,666
11 Jul 1966		409
10 Oct 1966		2,196
09 Jan 1967		3,303
10 Apr 1967		3,132
10 Jul 1967		3,360
09 Oct 1967		3,146
08 Jan 1968		3,015
08 Apr 1968		2,851
08 Jul 1968		1,325
14 Oct 1968		1,351
13 Jan 1969		4,362
14 Apr 1969		4,421
14 Jul 1969		4,526
13 Oct 1969		4,687
12 Jan 1970		5,393
13 Apr 1970		5,111
13 Jul 1970		4,850
12 Oct 1970		5,111
11 Jan 1971		5,605
05 Apr 1971		6,660
12 Jul 1971		6,766
11 Oct 1971		7,069
10 Jan 1972		8,460
10 Apr 1972		8,714
10 Jul 1972		7,089
09 Oct 1972		6,383
08 Jan 1973		5,654
09 Apr 1973		4,699
09 Jul 1973		3,878
08 Oct 1973		3,096
14 Jan 1974		3,716
08 Apr 1974		4,211
08 Jul 1974		3,863
14 Oct 1974		0

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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