Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	25,712	2,488
11 Apr 1927	26,167	2,033
11 Jul 1927	26,274	1,926
17 Oct 1927	26,220	1,980
16 Jan 1928	25,192	2,758
16 Apr 1928	25,696	2,254
16 Jul 1928	25,723	2,227
15 Oct 1928	25,192	2,758
14 Jan 1929	24,941	3,789
15 Apr 1929	25,459	3,271
15 Jul 1929	26,141	2,589
14 Oct 1929	26,113	2,617
13 Jan 1930	25,724	3,746
14 Apr 1930	25,975	3,495
14 Jul 1930	26,227	3,243
13 Oct 1930	25,612	3,858
12 Jan 1931	24,267	5,753
13 Apr 1931	24,210	5,810
13 Jul 1931	24,324	5,696
12 Oct 1931	24,837	5,183
25 Jan 1932	24,807	6,393
25 Apr 1932	24,659	6,541
25 Jul 1932	24,955	6,245
24 Oct 1932	24,718	6,482
23 Jan 1933	36,612	3,418
24 Apr 1933	36,992	3,038
24 Jul 1933	37,486	2,544
23 Oct 1933	37,220	2,810
22 Jan 1934	33,397	3,423
23 Apr 1934	34,410	2,410
23 Jul 1934	34,829	1,991
22 Oct 1934	34,305	2,515
28 Jan 1935	35,551	3,039
15 Apr 1935	36,540	2,050
22 Jul 1935	36,906	1,684
21 Oct 1935	36,393	2,197
20 Jan 1936	37,743	2,767
27 Apr 1936	38,512	1,998
20 Jul 1936	38,896	1,614
26 Oct 1936	38,550	1,960
25 Jan 1937	41,153	2,487
19 Apr 1937	42,025	1,615
26 Jul 1937	42,200	1,440
18 Oct 1937	41,982	1,658
17 Jan 1938	44,253	2,427
04 Apr 1938	44,439	2,241
18 Jul 1938	44,533	2,147
17 Oct 1938	43,459	3,221
16 Jan 1939	46,401	3,439
17 Apr 1939	46,999	2,841
10 Jul 1939	47,996	1,844
10 Jan 1949		817
11 Apr 1949		736
11 Jul 1949		544
10 Oct 1949		597
16 Jan 1950		687
17 Apr 1950		550
10 Jul 1950		519
16 Oct 1950		760
15 Jan 1951		731
16 Apr 1951		475
16 Jul 1951		389
15 Oct 1951		693
14 Jan 1952		910
21 Apr 1952		763
14 Jul 1952		838
13 Oct 1952		834
12 Jan 1953		1,019
13 Apr 1953		760
13 Jul 1953		658
12 Oct 1953		692
11 Jan 1954		865
12 Apr 1954		590
12 Jul 1954		380
11 Oct 1954		525
10 Jan 1955		577
18 Apr 1955		832
11 Jul 1955		379
10 Oct 1955		395
16 Jan 1956		557
16 Apr 1956		611
16 Jul 1956		392
15 Oct 1956		428
14 Jan 1957		754
15 Apr 1957		715
15 Jul 1957		464
14 Oct 1957		538
13 Jan 1958		664
14 Apr 1958		757
14 Jul 1958		675
13 Oct 1958		796
12 Jan 1959		925
13 Apr 1959		843
13 Jul 1959		571
12 Oct 1959		628
11 Jan 1960		656

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1949 - 1960	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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