Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	22,314	906
11 Apr 1927	22,686	534
11 Jul 1927	22,732	488
17 Oct 1927	22,547	673
16 Jan 1928	21,994	1,036
16 Apr 1928	22,477	553
16 Jul 1928	22,454	576
15 Oct 1928	22,224	806
14 Jan 1929	22,217	1,443
15 Apr 1929	22,927	733
15 Jul 1929	22,950	710
14 Oct 1929	22,808	852
13 Jan 1930	22,571	1,699
14 Apr 1930	23,178	1,092
14 Jul 1930	22,765	1,505
13 Oct 1930	22,183	2,087
12 Jan 1931	21,242	3,458
13 Apr 1931	21,761	2,939
13 Jul 1931	21,193	3,507
12 Oct 1931	19,365	5,335
25 Jan 1932	19,509	6,161
25 Apr 1932	20,074	5,596
25 Jul 1932	20,125	5,545
24 Oct 1932	19,920	5,750
23 Jan 1933	19,852	2,758
24 Apr 1933	20,485	2,125
24 Jul 1933	20,688	1,922
23 Oct 1933	20,846	1,764
22 Jan 1934	29,594	1,756
23 Apr 1934	30,096	1,254
23 Jul 1934	30,096	1,254
22 Oct 1934	29,751	1,599
28 Jan 1935	30,883	2,147
15 Apr 1935	31,874	1,156
22 Jul 1935	31,907	1,123
21 Oct 1935	31,610	1,420
20 Jan 1936	32,863	1,657
27 Apr 1936	33,277	1,243
20 Jul 1936	33,415	1,105
26 Oct 1936	33,139	1,381
25 Jan 1937	34,798	1,832
19 Apr 1937	35,238	1,392
26 Jul 1937	35,238	1,392
18 Oct 1937	35,348	1,282
17 Jan 1938	37,522	2,058
04 Apr 1938	37,443	2,137
18 Jul 1938	37,561	2,019
17 Oct 1938	36,889	2,691
16 Jan 1939	38,818	2,922
17 Apr 1939	39,778	1,962
10 Jul 1939	40,237	1,503
16 Apr 1945		216
16 Jul 1945		217
15 Oct 1945		304
14 Jan 1946		411
08 Apr 1946		417
15 Jul 1946		546
14 Oct 1946		585
13 Jan 1947		582
14 Apr 1947		677
14 Jul 1947		355
13 Oct 1947		451
12 Jan 1948		539
12 Apr 1948		579
12 Jul 1948		580
11 Oct 1948		671
10 Jan 1949		838
11 Apr 1949		699
11 Jul 1949		487
10 Oct 1949		727
16 Jan 1950		758
17 Apr 1950		589
10 Jul 1950		495
16 Oct 1950		681
15 Jan 1951		659
16 Apr 1951		412
16 Jul 1951		340
15 Oct 1951		678
14 Jan 1952		777
21 Apr 1952		762
14 Jul 1952		984
13 Oct 1952		992
12 Jan 1953		955
13 Apr 1953		752
13 Jul 1953		523
12 Oct 1953		675
11 Jan 1954		810
12 Apr 1954		580
12 Jul 1954		386
11 Oct 1954		432
10 Jan 1955		508
18 Apr 1955		586
11 Jul 1955		282
10 Oct 1955		356
16 Jan 1956		432
16 Apr 1956		417
16 Jul 1956		342
15 Oct 1956		385
14 Jan 1957		703
15 Apr 1957		602
15 Jul 1957		357
14 Oct 1957		460
13 Jan 1958		564
14 Apr 1958		618
14 Jul 1958		572
13 Oct 1958		682
12 Jan 1959		786
13 Apr 1959		623
13 Jul 1959		479
12 Oct 1959		581
11 Jan 1960		609

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1960	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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