Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	271,476	44,034
11 Apr 1927	274,885	40,625
11 Jul 1927	275,453	40,057
17 Oct 1927	272,612	42,898
16 Jan 1928	264,758	41,982
16 Apr 1928	266,139	40,601
16 Jul 1928	261,168	45,572
15 Oct 1928	256,196	50,544
14 Jan 1929	254,355	49,525
15 Apr 1929	255,723	48,157
15 Jul 1929	255,449	48,431
14 Oct 1929	252,713	51,167
13 Jan 1930	261,752	51,978
14 Apr 1930	250,452	63,278
14 Jul 1930	248,475	65,255
13 Oct 1930	237,458	76,272
12 Jan 1931	241,710	83,440
13 Apr 1931	238,782	86,368
13 Jul 1931	239,367	85,783
12 Oct 1931	232,926	92,224
25 Jan 1932	248,322	87,758
25 Apr 1932	250,743	85,337
25 Jul 1932	251,045	85,035
24 Oct 1932	246,203	89,877
23 Jan 1933	241,422	92,648
24 Apr 1933	243,227	90,843
24 Jul 1933	249,243	84,827
23 Oct 1933	248,942	85,128
22 Jan 1934	245,982	87,338
23 Apr 1934	249,584	83,736
23 Jul 1934	254,086	79,234
22 Oct 1934	249,584	83,736
28 Jan 1935	242,646	89,394
15 Apr 1935	250,120	81,920
22 Jul 1935	253,409	78,631
21 Oct 1935	249,223	82,817
20 Jan 1936	248,199	86,491
27 Apr 1936	252,116	82,574
20 Jul 1936	259,048	75,642
26 Oct 1936	257,541	77,149
25 Jan 1937	258,701	76,839
19 Apr 1937	263,063	72,477
26 Jul 1937	264,741	70,799
18 Oct 1937	269,103	66,437
17 Jan 1938	263,738	74,822
04 Apr 1938	265,770	72,790
18 Jul 1938	269,832	68,728
17 Oct 1938	266,785	71,775
16 Jan 1939	274,537	74,303
17 Apr 1939	280,922	68,918
10 Jul 1939	286,519	63,321
16 Apr 1945		3,156
16 Jul 1945		3,427
15 Oct 1945		9,213
14 Jan 1946		15,007
08 Apr 1946		22,665
15 Jul 1946		23,696
14 Oct 1946		23,953
13 Jan 1947		24,540
14 Apr 1947		25,914
14 Jul 1947		18,627
13 Oct 1947		19,327
12 Jan 1948		20,834
12 Apr 1948		20,478
12 Jul 1948		20,434
11 Oct 1948		22,953
10 Jan 1949		23,743
11 Apr 1949		20,246
11 Jul 1949		16,395
10 Oct 1949		21,457
16 Jan 1950		22,001
17 Apr 1950		21,528
10 Jul 1950		18,408
16 Oct 1950		19,162
15 Jan 1951		15,979
16 Apr 1951		14,831
16 Jul 1951		11,675
15 Oct 1951		13,893
14 Jan 1952		15,462
21 Apr 1952		17,096
14 Jul 1952		17,875
13 Oct 1952		21,792
12 Jan 1953		23,649
13 Apr 1953		21,157
13 Jul 1953		16,540
12 Oct 1953		18,865
11 Jan 1954		19,771
12 Apr 1954		17,033
12 Jul 1954		12,977
11 Oct 1954		14,661
10 Jan 1955		13,737
18 Apr 1955		12,001
11 Jul 1955		9,416
10 Oct 1955		10,830
16 Jan 1956		12,007
16 Apr 1956		12,465
16 Jul 1956		10,723
15 Oct 1956		11,909
14 Jan 1957		15,604
15 Apr 1957		18,773
15 Jul 1957		12,662
14 Oct 1957		13,867
13 Jan 1958		17,920
14 Apr 1958		21,378
14 Jul 1958		18,806
13 Oct 1958		22,669
12 Jan 1959		24,083
13 Apr 1959		23,794
13 Jul 1959		19,797
12 Oct 1959		20,405
11 Jan 1960		20,867
11 Apr 1960		19,832
11 Jul 1960		1,435
10 Oct 1960		22,288
16 Jan 1961		21,868
10 Apr 1961		22,675
10 Jul 1961		17,717
16 Oct 1961		20,916
15 Jan 1962		24,998
09 Apr 1962		26,818
16 Jul 1962		26,452
15 Oct 1962		33,364
14 Jan 1963		41,693
08 Apr 1963		36,436
15 Jul 1963		29,621
14 Oct 1963		32,158
13 Jan 1964		29,487
13 Apr 1964		29,154
13 Jul 1964		22,207
12 Oct 1964		22,882
11 Jan 1965		21,732
12 Apr 1965		19,053
12 Jul 1965		15,384
11 Oct 1965		17,064
10 Jan 1966		16,133
10 Apr 1966		15,481
11 Jul 1966		13,675
10 Oct 1966		16,564
09 Jan 1967		19,889
10 Apr 1967		20,757
10 Jul 1967		18,487
09 Oct 1967		20,115
08 Jan 1968		20,254
08 Apr 1968		20,137
08 Jul 1968		22,522
14 Oct 1968		24,654
13 Jan 1969		25,617
14 Apr 1969		25,801
14 Jul 1969		25,678
13 Oct 1969		30,231
12 Jan 1970		28,864
13 Apr 1970		30,523
13 Jul 1970		28,656
12 Oct 1970		30,359
11 Jan 1971		33,920
05 Apr 1971		37,562
12 Jul 1971		39,186
11 Oct 1971		46,507
10 Jan 1972		49,570
10 Apr 1972		52,339
10 Jul 1972		47,914
09 Oct 1972		49,596
08 Jan 1973		50,188
09 Apr 1973		47,538
09 Jul 1973		40,396
08 Oct 1973		37,318
14 Jan 1974		39,653
08 Apr 1974		42,336
08 Jul 1974		38,852
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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