Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	327,371	36,779
11 Apr 1927	340,480	23,670
11 Jul 1927	339,388	24,762
17 Oct 1927	339,388	24,762
16 Jan 1928	320,462	27,488
16 Apr 1928	322,898	25,052
16 Jul 1928	316,982	30,968
15 Oct 1928	317,330	30,620
14 Jan 1929	323,693	28,147
15 Apr 1929	330,378	21,462
15 Jul 1929	328,619	23,221
14 Oct 1929	327,211	24,629
13 Jan 1930	337,102	28,518
14 Apr 1930	330,155	35,465
14 Jul 1930	316,627	48,993
13 Oct 1930	313,336	52,284
12 Jan 1931	318,125	60,595
13 Apr 1931	311,687	67,033
13 Jul 1931	308,657	70,063
12 Oct 1931	305,248	73,472
25 Jan 1932	317,200	62,680
25 Apr 1932	322,518	57,362
25 Jul 1932	318,719	61,161
24 Oct 1932	325,937	53,943
23 Jan 1933	324,191	57,659
24 Apr 1933	330,682	51,168
24 Jul 1933	334,882	46,968
23 Oct 1933	344,811	37,039
22 Jan 1934	354,701	35,509
23 Apr 1934	361,725	28,485
23 Jul 1934	358,603	31,607
22 Oct 1934	361,334	28,876
28 Jan 1935	366,846	30,604
15 Apr 1935	372,013	25,437
22 Jul 1935	370,821	26,629
21 Oct 1935	374,000	23,450
20 Jan 1936	381,607	28,723
27 Apr 1936	388,583	21,747
20 Jul 1936	388,583	21,747
26 Oct 1936	392,275	18,055
25 Jan 1937	411,643	19,397
19 Apr 1937	415,092	15,948
26 Jul 1937	413,798	17,242
18 Oct 1937	411,643	19,397
17 Jan 1938	419,842	29,668
04 Apr 1938	418,943	30,567
18 Jul 1938	409,953	39,557
17 Oct 1938	413,100	36,410
16 Jan 1939	422,771	34,279
17 Apr 1939	431,912	25,138
10 Jul 1939	437,854	19,196
16 Apr 1945		1,457
16 Jul 1945		2,018
15 Oct 1945		4,957
14 Jan 1946		5,456
08 Apr 1946		3,598
15 Jul 1946		3,192
14 Oct 1946		2,756
13 Jan 1947		2,867
14 Apr 1947		4,210
14 Jul 1947		2,405
13 Oct 1947		2,528
12 Jan 1948		3,618
12 Apr 1948		3,839
12 Jul 1948		3,622
11 Oct 1948		3,939
10 Jan 1949		3,766
11 Apr 1949		5,295
11 Jul 1949		2,767
10 Oct 1949		3,565
16 Jan 1950		3,646
17 Apr 1950		2,355
10 Jul 1950		2,029
16 Oct 1950		2,227
15 Jan 1951		2,500
16 Apr 1951		2,231
16 Jul 1951		1,805
15 Oct 1951		2,636
14 Jan 1952		3,390
21 Apr 1952		5,540
14 Jul 1952		5,815
13 Oct 1952		6,001
12 Jan 1953		8,847
13 Apr 1953		8,714
13 Jul 1953		5,378
12 Oct 1953		4,567
11 Jan 1954		4,439
12 Apr 1954		4,225
12 Jul 1954		2,489
11 Oct 1954		3,037
10 Jan 1955		3,109
18 Apr 1955		2,503
11 Jul 1955		2,396
10 Oct 1955		3,453
16 Jan 1956		3,635
16 Apr 1956		4,413
16 Jul 1956		19,384
15 Oct 1956		6,955
14 Jan 1957		9,562
15 Apr 1957		9,143
15 Jul 1957		5,697
14 Oct 1957		5,754
13 Jan 1958		7,054
14 Apr 1958		8,770
14 Jul 1958		9,147
13 Oct 1958		11,126
12 Jan 1959		11,932
13 Apr 1959		9,640
13 Jul 1959		6,675
12 Oct 1959		6,328
11 Jan 1960		4,802
11 Apr 1960		4,482
11 Jul 1960		3,097
10 Oct 1960		5,839
16 Jan 1961		18,887
10 Apr 1961		13,773
10 Jul 1961		6,734
16 Oct 1961		12,910
15 Jan 1962		15,221
09 Apr 1962		13,896
09 Jul 1962		13,202
15 Oct 1962		14,865
14 Jan 1963		20,222
08 Apr 1963		17,130
15 Jul 1963		11,106
14 Oct 1963		12,109
13 Jan 1964		9,641
13 Apr 1964		6,858
13 Jul 1964		4,877
12 Oct 1964		6,266
11 Jan 1965		4,668
12 Apr 1965		924
12 Jul 1965		7,119
11 Oct 1965		4,421
10 Jan 1966		4,296
10 Apr 1966		4,023
11 Jul 1966		3,711
10 Oct 1966		19,873
09 Jan 1967		22,397
10 Apr 1967		16,515
10 Jul 1967		14,120
09 Oct 1967		17,160
08 Jan 1968		20,261
08 Apr 1968		14,920
08 Jul 1968		521
14 Oct 1968		558
13 Jan 1969		12,030
14 Apr 1969		11,071
14 Jul 1969		11,382
13 Oct 1969		15,279
12 Jan 1970		13,574
13 Apr 1970		13,822
13 Jul 1970		15,701
12 Oct 1970		18,084
11 Jan 1971		17,619
05 Apr 1971		23,539
12 Jul 1971		28,960
11 Oct 1971		35,894
10 Jan 1972		37,348
10 Apr 1972		32,432
10 Jul 1972		27,314
09 Oct 1972		27,506
08 Jan 1973		23,827
09 Apr 1973		20,963
09 Jul 1973		16,931
08 Oct 1973		15,309
14 Jan 1974		17,608
08 Apr 1974		19,483
08 Jul 1974		16,811
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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