Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	22,429	4,941
11 Apr 1927	24,431	2,939
11 Jul 1927	24,304	3,066
17 Oct 1927	23,848	3,522
16 Jan 1928	21,546	6,624
16 Apr 1928	22,981	5,189
16 Jul 1928	22,981	5,189
15 Oct 1928	22,981	5,189
14 Jan 1929	21,415	5,825
15 Apr 1929	22,348	4,892
15 Jul 1929	22,953	4,287
14 Oct 1929	20,709	6,531
13 Jan 1930	20,510	6,600
14 Apr 1930	19,958	7,152
14 Jul 1930	19,104	8,006
13 Oct 1930	18,251	8,859
12 Jan 1931	17,438	9,932
13 Apr 1931	18,147	9,223
13 Jul 1931	17,691	9,679
12 Oct 1931	17,286	10,084
25 Jan 1932	18,422	10,408
25 Apr 1932	18,502	10,328
25 Jul 1932	19,302	9,528
24 Oct 1932	18,742	10,088
23 Jan 1933	18,747	10,173
24 Apr 1933	18,613	10,307
24 Jul 1933	19,951	8,969
23 Oct 1933	19,871	9,049
22 Jan 1934	19,977	8,673
23 Apr 1934	20,826	7,824
23 Jul 1934	21,701	6,949
22 Oct 1934	21,224	7,426
28 Jan 1935	22,035	7,785
15 Apr 1935	22,146	7,674
22 Jul 1935	22,615	7,205
21 Oct 1935	22,173	7,647
20 Jan 1936	21,373	7,587
27 Apr 1936	20,354	8,606
20 Jul 1936	22,365	6,595
26 Oct 1936	22,553	6,407
25 Jan 1937	22,062	6,368
19 Apr 1937	22,716	5,714
26 Jul 1937	23,057	5,373
18 Oct 1937	23,682	4,748
17 Jan 1938	24,071	6,789
04 Apr 1938	23,484	7,376
18 Jul 1938	23,207	7,653
17 Oct 1938	24,657	6,203
16 Jan 1939	24,172	6,938
17 Apr 1939	25,199	5,911
10 Jul 1939	27,221	3,889
16 Apr 1945		273
16 Jul 1945		217
15 Oct 1945		1,535
14 Jan 1946		1,433
08 Apr 1946		1,367
15 Jul 1946		1,309
14 Oct 1946		1,533
13 Jan 1947		1,700
14 Apr 1947		1,840
14 Jul 1947		1,451
13 Oct 1947		1,053
12 Jan 1948		1,248
12 Apr 1948		982
12 Jul 1948		1,192
11 Oct 1948		1,298
10 Jan 1949		1,472
11 Apr 1949		1,498
11 Jul 1949		1,430
10 Oct 1949		1,376
16 Jan 1950		1,549
17 Apr 1950		1,309
10 Jul 1950		1,119
16 Oct 1950		1,094
15 Jan 1951		1,056
16 Apr 1951		727
16 Jul 1951		793
15 Oct 1951		811
14 Jan 1952		889
21 Apr 1952		748
14 Jul 1952		633
13 Oct 1952		826
12 Jan 1953		1,644
13 Apr 1953		1,684
13 Jul 1953		944
12 Oct 1953		744
11 Jan 1954		789
12 Apr 1954		899
12 Jul 1954		595
11 Oct 1954		688
10 Jan 1955		670
18 Apr 1955		556
11 Jul 1955		300
10 Oct 1955		413
16 Jan 1956		399
16 Apr 1956		429
16 Jul 1956		355
15 Oct 1956		702
14 Jan 1957		727
15 Apr 1957		1,260
15 Jul 1957		490
14 Oct 1957		548
13 Jan 1958		773
14 Apr 1958		1,328
14 Jul 1958		1,142
13 Oct 1958		1,375
12 Jan 1959		1,552
13 Apr 1959		1,639
13 Jul 1959		1,042
12 Oct 1959		949
11 Jan 1960		907
11 Apr 1960		686
11 Jul 1960		605
10 Oct 1960		609
16 Jan 1961		652
10 Apr 1961		704
10 Jul 1961		670
16 Oct 1961		943
15 Jan 1962		942
09 Apr 1962		980
09 Jul 1962		1,063
15 Oct 1962		1,249
14 Jan 1963		2,568
08 Apr 1963		1,735
15 Jul 1963		1,057
14 Oct 1963		1,081
13 Jan 1964		1,040
13 Apr 1964		846
13 Jul 1964		738
12 Oct 1964		876
11 Jan 1965		936
12 Apr 1965		777
12 Jul 1965		733
11 Oct 1965		955
10 Jan 1966		1,090
10 Apr 1966		949
11 Jul 1966		792

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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