Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	99,093	9,637
11 Apr 1927	101,342	7,388
11 Jul 1927	102,519	6,211
17 Oct 1927	102,412	6,318
16 Jan 1928	99,589	7,261
16 Apr 1928	100,115	6,735
16 Jul 1928	98,011	8,839
15 Oct 1928	97,590	9,260
14 Jan 1929	94,315	11,575
15 Apr 1929	96,922	8,968
15 Jul 1929	97,026	8,864
14 Oct 1929	96,296	9,594
13 Jan 1930	97,290	11,460
14 Apr 1930	96,434	12,316
14 Jul 1930	94,934	13,816
13 Oct 1930	93,756	14,994
12 Jan 1931	95,334	19,306
13 Apr 1931	96,350	18,290
13 Jul 1931	93,302	21,338
12 Oct 1931	95,899	18,741
25 Jan 1932	100,742	16,648
25 Apr 1932	101,552	15,838
25 Jul 1932	99,586	17,804
24 Oct 1932	100,627	16,763
23 Jan 1933	96,447	20,083
24 Apr 1933	97,939	18,591
24 Jul 1933	99,775	16,755
23 Oct 1933	100,234	16,296
22 Jan 1934	103,110	16,490
23 Apr 1934	104,524	15,076
23 Jul 1934	103,346	16,254
22 Oct 1934	103,699	15,901
28 Jan 1935	97,251	17,519
15 Apr 1935	99,511	15,259
22 Jul 1935	100,642	14,128
21 Oct 1935	101,998	12,772
20 Jan 1936	98,006	15,674
27 Apr 1936	101,141	12,539
20 Jul 1936	101,029	12,651
26 Oct 1936	102,261	11,419
25 Jan 1937	104,249	12,361
19 Apr 1937	106,465	10,145
26 Jul 1937	105,998	10,612
18 Oct 1937	105,998	10,612
17 Jan 1938	108,237	12,563
04 Apr 1938	108,720	12,080
18 Jul 1938	106,425	14,375
17 Oct 1938	106,666	14,134
16 Jan 1939	110,588	13,112
17 Apr 1939	112,567	11,133
10 Jul 1939	114,422	9,278
16 Apr 1945		283
16 Jul 1945		370
15 Oct 1945		897
14 Jan 1946		943
08 Apr 1946		1,223
15 Jul 1946		1,526
14 Oct 1946		1,494
13 Jan 1947		1,596
14 Apr 1947		2,008
14 Jul 1947		1,020
13 Oct 1947		989
12 Jan 1948		1,385
12 Apr 1948		1,377
12 Jul 1948		1,351
11 Oct 1948		1,294
10 Jan 1949		1,461
11 Apr 1949		1,252
11 Jul 1949		1,115
10 Oct 1949		1,128
16 Jan 1950		1,195
17 Apr 1950		1,103
10 Jul 1950		1,103
16 Oct 1950		1,110
15 Jan 1951		1,159
16 Apr 1951		863
16 Jul 1951		809
15 Oct 1951		1,976
14 Jan 1952		3,241
21 Apr 1952		2,971
14 Jul 1952		2,434
13 Oct 1952		1,782
12 Jan 1953		1,816
13 Apr 1953		1,424
13 Jul 1953		1,283
12 Oct 1953		1,360
11 Jan 1954		1,448
12 Apr 1954		1,278
12 Jul 1954		1,132
11 Oct 1954		1,255
10 Jan 1955		1,447
18 Apr 1955		1,234
11 Jul 1955		1,047
10 Oct 1955		1,086
16 Jan 1956		1,260
16 Apr 1956		1,086
16 Jul 1956		1,173
15 Oct 1956		1,319
14 Jan 1957		1,879
15 Apr 1957		1,613
15 Jul 1957		3,066
14 Oct 1957		1,690
13 Jan 1958		2,600
14 Apr 1958		3,053
14 Jul 1958		3,222
13 Oct 1958		5,692
12 Jan 1959		4,261
13 Apr 1959		4,183
13 Jul 1959		3,255
12 Oct 1959		3,319
11 Jan 1960		3,438
11 Apr 1960		3,549
11 Jul 1960		2,708
10 Oct 1960		2,839
16 Jan 1961		3,707
10 Apr 1961		3,490
10 Jul 1961		2,912
16 Oct 1961		3,536
15 Jan 1962		4,438
09 Apr 1962		4,325
09 Jul 1962		4,153
15 Oct 1962		4,746
14 Jan 1963		7,776
08 Apr 1963		5,542
15 Jul 1963		4,399
14 Oct 1963		4,432
13 Jan 1964		4,747
13 Apr 1964		3,912
13 Jul 1964		2,781
12 Oct 1964		3,021
11 Jan 1965		3,476
12 Apr 1965		5,199
12 Jul 1965		3,053
11 Oct 1965		3,344
10 Jan 1966		3,935
10 Apr 1966		3,328
11 Jul 1966		2,890
10 Oct 1966		4,469
09 Jan 1967		5,896
10 Apr 1967		5,886
10 Jul 1967		5,407
09 Oct 1967		5,842
08 Jan 1968		6,400
08 Apr 1968		5,750
08 Jul 1968		275
14 Oct 1968		213
13 Jan 1969		6,697
14 Apr 1969		6,530
14 Jul 1969		5,776
13 Oct 1969		6,201
12 Jan 1970		7,285
13 Apr 1970		7,532
13 Jul 1970		7,117
12 Oct 1970		6,836
11 Jan 1971		7,856
05 Apr 1971		9,013
12 Jul 1971		9,236
11 Oct 1971		9,243
10 Jan 1972		10,194
10 Apr 1972		10,222
10 Jul 1972		8,958
09 Oct 1972		8,792
08 Jan 1973		8,477
09 Apr 1973		8,111
09 Jul 1973		6,903
08 Oct 1973		6,209
14 Jan 1974		7,250
08 Apr 1974		8,192
08 Jul 1974		6,959
14 Oct 1974		7,278

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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