Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	77,366	12,594
11 Apr 1927	80,874	9,086
11 Jul 1927	81,144	8,816
17 Oct 1927	78,805	11,155
16 Jan 1928	71,377	11,523
16 Apr 1928	73,284	9,616
16 Jul 1928	71,791	11,109
15 Oct 1928	69,802	13,098
14 Jan 1929	68,592	13,358
15 Apr 1929	70,559	11,391
15 Jul 1929	69,494	12,456
14 Oct 1929	68,674	13,276
13 Jan 1930	67,059	14,621
14 Apr 1930	64,854	16,826
14 Jul 1930	60,116	21,564
13 Oct 1930	58,973	22,707
12 Jan 1931	57,288	27,332
13 Apr 1931	57,288	27,332
13 Jul 1931	57,795	26,825
12 Oct 1931	58,388	26,232
25 Jan 1932	63,072	23,328
25 Apr 1932	64,627	21,773
25 Jul 1932	65,232	21,168
24 Oct 1932	64,195	22,205
23 Jan 1933	66,295	22,335
24 Apr 1933	67,093	21,537
24 Jul 1933	70,372	18,258
23 Oct 1933	71,436	17,194
22 Jan 1934	67,651	18,859
23 Apr 1934	69,554	16,956
23 Jul 1934	70,506	16,004
22 Oct 1934	70,852	15,658
28 Jan 1935	67,449	17,821
15 Apr 1935	70,007	15,263
22 Jul 1935	71,115	14,155
21 Oct 1935	71,542	13,728
20 Jan 1936	68,436	15,534
27 Apr 1936	70,535	13,435
20 Jul 1936	72,382	11,588
26 Oct 1936	73,306	10,664
25 Jan 1937	74,181	10,889
19 Apr 1937	75,968	9,102
26 Jul 1937	75,882	9,188
18 Oct 1937	74,011	11,059
17 Jan 1938	72,727	13,853
04 Apr 1938	71,775	14,805
18 Jul 1938	73,247	13,333
17 Oct 1938	73,420	13,160
16 Jan 1939	73,975	15,475
17 Apr 1939	76,748	12,702
10 Jul 1939	79,700	9,750
16 Apr 1945		221
16 Jul 1945		221
15 Oct 1945		655
14 Jan 1946		948
08 Apr 1946		1,655
15 Jul 1946		1,696
14 Oct 1946		1,709
13 Jan 1947		1,787
14 Apr 1947		2,001
14 Jul 1947		1,189
13 Oct 1947		1,094
12 Jan 1948		1,261
12 Apr 1948		1,421
12 Jul 1948		1,520
11 Oct 1948		1,436
10 Jan 1949		1,583
11 Apr 1949		1,258
11 Jul 1949		945
10 Oct 1949		1,118
16 Jan 1950		1,096
17 Apr 1950		932
10 Jul 1950		871
16 Oct 1950		826
15 Jan 1951		626
16 Apr 1951		633
16 Jul 1951		456
15 Oct 1951		738
14 Jan 1952		1,371
21 Apr 1952		2,993
14 Jul 1952		4,313
13 Oct 1952		2,313
12 Jan 1953		1,775
13 Apr 1953		1,521
13 Jul 1953		1,326
12 Oct 1953		1,156
11 Jan 1954		1,399
12 Apr 1954		1,118
12 Jul 1954		808
11 Oct 1954		774
10 Jan 1955		861
18 Apr 1955		951
11 Jul 1955		915
10 Oct 1955		717
16 Jan 1956		923
16 Apr 1956		1,117
16 Jul 1956		1,000
15 Oct 1956		844
14 Jan 1957		1,376
15 Apr 1957		1,263
15 Jul 1957		1,028
14 Oct 1957		1,002
13 Jan 1958		1,624
14 Apr 1958		1,933
14 Jul 1958		1,946
13 Oct 1958		2,499
12 Jan 1959		2,696
13 Apr 1959		2,752
13 Jul 1959		2,135
12 Oct 1959		1,986
11 Jan 1960		2,017
11 Apr 1960		1,326
11 Jul 1960		1,001
10 Oct 1960		1,017
16 Jan 1961		1,058
10 Apr 1961		1,079
10 Jul 1961		962
16 Oct 1961		1,153
15 Jan 1962		1,509
09 Apr 1962		1,468
09 Jul 1962		1,523
15 Oct 1962		1,926
14 Jan 1963		2,933
08 Apr 1963		2,604
15 Jul 1963		1,946
14 Oct 1963		1,900
13 Jan 1964		1,815
13 Apr 1964		1,453
13 Jul 1964		1,245
12 Oct 1964		1,243
11 Jan 1965		1,380
12 Apr 1965		1,161
12 Jul 1965		941
11 Oct 1965		1,030
10 Jan 1966		917
10 Apr 1966		854
11 Jul 1966		798
10 Oct 1966		1,208
09 Jan 1967		1,695
10 Apr 1967		1,888
10 Jul 1967		1,981
09 Oct 1967		2,251
08 Jan 1968		2,455
08 Apr 1968		2,479

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1968	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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