Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	18,524	2,536
11 Apr 1927	17,952	3,108
11 Jul 1927	17,113	3,947
17 Oct 1927	15,092	5,968
16 Jan 1928	13,976	7,214
16 Apr 1928	15,914	5,276
16 Jul 1928	18,504	2,686
15 Oct 1928	17,833	3,357
14 Jan 1929	17,740	2,940
15 Apr 1929	17,853	2,827
15 Jul 1929	17,553	3,127
14 Oct 1929	18,096	2,584
13 Jan 1930	16,815	3,695
14 Apr 1930	17,409	3,101
14 Jul 1930	16,276	4,234
13 Oct 1930	15,868	4,642
12 Jan 1931	14,509	5,971
13 Apr 1931	13,768	6,712
13 Jul 1931	15,436	5,044
12 Oct 1931	15,529	4,951
25 Jan 1932	13,326	4,354
25 Apr 1932	12,462	5,218
25 Jul 1932	11,709	5,971
24 Oct 1932	12,366	5,314
23 Jan 1933	11,351	4,469
24 Apr 1933	10,778	5,042
24 Jul 1933	12,669	3,151
23 Oct 1933	12,769	3,051
22 Jan 1934	12,049	3,471
23 Apr 1934	12,176	3,344
23 Jul 1934	12,148	3,372
22 Oct 1934	12,401	3,119
28 Jan 1935	12,019	4,081
15 Apr 1935	12,295	3,805
22 Jul 1935	12,150	3,950
21 Oct 1935	12,747	3,353
20 Jan 1936	12,160	3,800
27 Apr 1936	12,767	3,193
20 Jul 1936	12,911	3,049
26 Oct 1936	13,532	2,428
25 Jan 1937	13,669	2,681
19 Apr 1937	14,077	2,273
26 Jul 1937	13,734	2,616
18 Oct 1937	13,669	2,681
17 Jan 1938	13,010	3,930
04 Apr 1938	11,672	5,268
18 Jul 1938	11,536	5,404
17 Oct 1938	12,637	4,303
16 Jan 1939	10,240	6,520
17 Apr 1939	13,190	3,570
10 Jul 1939	15,118	1,642
11 Apr 1960		1,181
11 Jul 1960		1,201
10 Oct 1960		1,212
16 Jan 1961		2,834
10 Apr 1961		2,254
16 Jul 1962		2,350
15 Oct 1962		2,323
14 Jan 1963		3,020
08 Apr 1963		2,354
15 Jul 1963		1,571
14 Oct 1963		1,284
13 Jan 1964		2,991
13 Apr 1964		1,233
13 Jul 1964		1,176
12 Oct 1964		1,210
11 Jan 1965		1,319
12 Apr 1965		1,333
12 Jul 1965		1,167
11 Oct 1965		1,260
10 Jan 1966		1,417
10 Apr 1966		1,143
11 Jul 1966		1,170
10 Oct 1966		3,420
09 Jan 1967		1,904
10 Apr 1967		1,659
10 Jul 1967		1,662
09 Oct 1967		1,548
08 Jan 1968		1,547
08 Apr 1968		1,438
08 Jul 1968		1,137
14 Oct 1968		925
13 Jan 1969		960
14 Apr 1969		841
14 Jul 1969		793
13 Oct 1969		770
12 Jan 1970		702
13 Apr 1970		609
13 Jul 1970		638
12 Oct 1970		748
11 Jan 1971		770
05 Apr 1971		821
12 Jul 1971		1,105
11 Oct 1971		1,158
10 Jan 1972		1,581
10 Apr 1972		1,549
10 Jul 1972		2,647
09 Oct 1972		1,119
08 Jan 1973		950
09 Apr 1973		760
09 Jul 1973		516
08 Oct 1973		473
14 Jan 1974		657
08 Apr 1974		915
08 Jul 1974		542
14 Oct 1974		632

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1960 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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