Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	17,326	3,374
11 Apr 1927	17,926	2,774
11 Jul 1927	18,175	2,525
17 Oct 1927	18,071	2,629
16 Jan 1928	16,638	2,552
16 Apr 1928	16,331	2,859
16 Jul 1928	16,369	2,821
15 Oct 1928	16,580	2,610
14 Jan 1929	17,002	2,768
15 Apr 1929	17,417	2,353
15 Jul 1929	17,674	2,096
14 Oct 1929	17,615	2,155
13 Jan 1930	17,978	2,522
14 Apr 1930	17,179	3,321
14 Jul 1930	16,666	3,834
13 Oct 1930	15,990	4,510
12 Jan 1931	15,934	5,396
13 Apr 1931	15,187	6,143
13 Jul 1931	14,846	6,484
12 Oct 1931	14,376	6,954
25 Jan 1932	17,060	6,310
25 Apr 1932	17,013	6,357
25 Jul 1932	16,826	6,544
24 Oct 1932	17,200	6,170
23 Jan 1933	16,835	6,515
24 Apr 1933	17,349	6,001
24 Jul 1933	18,610	4,740
23 Oct 1933	19,614	3,736
22 Jan 1934	19,612	3,488
23 Apr 1934	20,282	2,818
23 Jul 1934	20,305	2,795
22 Oct 1934	20,351	2,749
28 Jan 1935	19,519	3,151
15 Apr 1935	19,995	2,675
22 Jul 1935	20,176	2,494
21 Oct 1935	20,448	2,222
20 Jan 1936	20,089	2,611
27 Apr 1936	20,702	1,998
20 Jul 1936	20,975	1,725
26 Oct 1936	21,179	1,521
25 Jan 1937	21,967	1,303
19 Apr 1937	22,130	1,140
26 Jul 1937	22,246	1,024
18 Oct 1937	22,106	1,164
17 Jan 1938	22,992	1,918
04 Apr 1938	22,444	2,466
18 Jul 1938	22,145	2,765
17 Oct 1938	22,718	2,192
16 Jan 1939	23,804	2,586
17 Apr 1939	24,411	1,979
10 Jul 1939	24,991	1,399
16 Apr 1945		16
16 Jul 1945		18
15 Oct 1945		36
14 Jan 1946		26
08 Apr 1946		30
15 Jul 1946		35
14 Oct 1946		23
13 Jan 1947		22
14 Apr 1947		113
14 Jul 1947		19
13 Oct 1947		27
12 Jan 1948		36
12 Apr 1948		45
12 Jul 1948		54
11 Oct 1948		69
10 Jan 1949		51
11 Apr 1949		114
11 Jul 1949		111
10 Oct 1949		108
16 Jan 1950		193
17 Apr 1950		94
10 Jul 1950		61
16 Oct 1950		113
15 Jan 1951		61
16 Apr 1951		99
16 Jul 1951		76
15 Oct 1951		73
14 Jan 1952		116
21 Apr 1952		142
14 Jul 1952		188
13 Oct 1952		206
12 Jan 1953		439
13 Apr 1953		762
13 Jul 1953		482
12 Oct 1953		429
11 Jan 1954		361
12 Apr 1954		300
12 Jul 1954		219
11 Oct 1954		218
10 Jan 1955		152
18 Apr 1955		126
11 Jul 1955		147
10 Oct 1955		119
16 Jan 1956		137
16 Apr 1956		121
16 Jul 1956		483
15 Oct 1956		330
14 Jan 1957		507
15 Apr 1957		873
15 Jul 1957		529
14 Oct 1957		302
13 Jan 1958		445
14 Apr 1958		825
14 Jul 1958		942
13 Oct 1958		1,631
12 Jan 1959		1,057
13 Apr 1959		948
13 Jul 1959		484
12 Oct 1959		378
11 Jan 1960		239
11 Apr 1960		192
11 Jul 1960		150
10 Oct 1960		239
16 Jan 1961		523
10 Apr 1961		444
10 Jul 1961		470
16 Oct 1961		582
15 Jan 1962		754
09 Apr 1962		988
09 Jul 1962		943
15 Oct 1962		1,380
14 Jan 1963		1,708
08 Apr 1963		1,205
15 Jul 1963		967
14 Oct 1963		675
13 Jan 1964		443
13 Apr 1964		365
13 Jul 1964		216
12 Oct 1964		189
11 Jan 1965		229
12 Apr 1965		512
12 Jul 1965		216
11 Oct 1965		129
10 Jan 1966		144
10 Apr 1966		146
11 Jul 1966		259
10 Oct 1966		1,106
09 Jan 1967		3,009
10 Apr 1967		2,385
10 Jul 1967		1,572
09 Oct 1967		2,768
08 Jan 1968		2,499
08 Apr 1968		2,011
08 Jul 1968		5,471
14 Oct 1968		6,280
13 Jan 1969		1,357
14 Apr 1969		1,479
14 Jul 1969		1,186
13 Oct 1969		1,233
12 Jan 1970		1,287
13 Apr 1970		1,169
13 Jul 1970		1,193
12 Oct 1970		2,579
11 Jan 1971		2,198
05 Apr 1971		5,162
12 Jul 1971		4,631
11 Oct 1971		6,564
10 Jan 1972		5,610
10 Apr 1972		4,655
10 Jul 1972		4,487
09 Oct 1972		3,920
08 Jan 1973		2,860
09 Apr 1973		2,246
09 Jul 1973		1,819
08 Oct 1973		1,600
14 Jan 1974		1,747
08 Apr 1974		1,893
08 Jul 1974		1,720
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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