Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	25,303	6,607
11 Apr 1927	29,943	1,967
11 Jul 1927	29,667	2,243
17 Oct 1927	30,158	1,752
16 Jan 1928	28,916	2,644
16 Apr 1928	28,186	3,374
16 Jul 1928	28,460	3,100
15 Oct 1928	26,393	5,167
14 Jan 1929	26,782	4,558
15 Apr 1929	26,662	4,678
15 Jul 1929	25,937	5,403
14 Oct 1929	24,760	6,580
13 Jan 1930	23,921	7,309
14 Apr 1930	20,523	10,707
14 Jul 1930	18,568	12,662
13 Oct 1930	17,725	13,505
12 Jan 1931	18,083	13,777
13 Apr 1931	21,458	10,402
13 Jul 1931	19,157	12,703
12 Oct 1931	18,666	13,194
25 Jan 1932	20,078	10,122
25 Apr 1932	20,486	9,714
25 Jul 1932	20,864	9,336
24 Oct 1932	21,445	8,755
23 Jan 1933	19,422	9,048
24 Apr 1933	18,709	9,761
24 Jul 1933	19,504	8,966
23 Oct 1933	20,710	7,760
22 Jan 1934	20,770	7,190
23 Apr 1934	21,551	6,409
23 Jul 1934	22,494	5,466
22 Oct 1934	22,278	5,682
28 Jan 1935	21,497	5,813
15 Apr 1935	19,998	7,312
22 Jul 1935	20,998	6,312
21 Oct 1935	20,656	6,654
20 Jan 1936	19,749	6,871
27 Apr 1936	20,493	6,127
20 Jul 1936	21,236	5,384
26 Oct 1936	21,749	4,871
25 Jan 1937	21,275	4,235
19 Apr 1937	22,219	3,291
26 Jul 1937	22,704	2,806
18 Oct 1937	23,036	2,474
17 Jan 1938	20,592	4,398
04 Apr 1938	18,942	6,048
18 Jul 1938	19,067	5,923
17 Oct 1938	18,643	6,347
16 Jan 1939	18,414	6,436
17 Apr 1939	19,433	5,417
10 Jul 1939	20,949	3,901
16 Apr 1945		159
16 Jul 1945		457
15 Oct 1945		870
14 Jan 1946		892
08 Apr 1946		768
15 Jul 1946		663
14 Oct 1946		595
13 Jan 1947		504
14 Apr 1947		537
14 Jul 1947		169
13 Oct 1947		182
12 Jan 1948		170
12 Apr 1948		156
12 Jul 1948		184
11 Oct 1948		172
10 Jan 1949		181
11 Apr 1949		148
11 Jul 1949		77
10 Oct 1949		108
16 Jan 1950		121
17 Apr 1950		101
10 Jul 1950		113
16 Oct 1950		193
15 Jan 1951		216
16 Apr 1951		110
16 Jul 1951		99
15 Oct 1951		123
14 Jan 1952		281
21 Apr 1952		1,136
14 Jul 1952		1,553
13 Oct 1952		809
12 Jan 1953		702
13 Apr 1953		794
13 Jul 1953		456
12 Oct 1953		324
11 Jan 1954		319
12 Apr 1954		211
12 Jul 1954		127
11 Oct 1954		118
10 Jan 1955		150
18 Apr 1955		137
11 Jul 1955		303
10 Oct 1955		232
16 Jan 1956		303
16 Apr 1956		292
16 Jul 1956		335
15 Oct 1956		236
14 Jan 1957		268
15 Apr 1957		585
15 Jul 1957		237
14 Oct 1957		173
13 Jan 1958		244
14 Apr 1958		514
14 Jul 1958		475
13 Oct 1958		968
12 Jan 1959		1,066
13 Apr 1959		953
13 Jul 1959		511
12 Oct 1959		320
11 Jan 1960		369
11 Apr 1960		350
11 Jul 1960		239
10 Oct 1960		213
16 Jan 1961		153
10 Apr 1961		197
10 Jul 1961		132
16 Oct 1961		165
15 Jan 1962		266
09 Apr 1962		366
09 Jul 1962		535
15 Oct 1962		819
14 Jan 1963		1,272
08 Apr 1963		1,037
15 Jul 1963		668
14 Oct 1963		484
13 Jan 1964		351
13 Apr 1964		264
13 Jul 1964		252
12 Oct 1964		214
11 Jan 1965		189
12 Apr 1965		187
12 Jul 1965		314
11 Oct 1965		217
10 Jan 1966		199
10 Apr 1966		174
11 Jul 1966		148

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1966	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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