Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	10,768	232
11 Apr 1927	10,863	137
11 Jul 1927	10,852	148
17 Oct 1927	10,789	211
16 Jan 1928	11,875	425
16 Apr 1928	12,016	284
16 Jul 1928	12,217	83
15 Oct 1928	12,099	201
14 Jan 1929	12,405	355
15 Apr 1929	12,625	135
15 Jul 1929	12,650	110
14 Oct 1929	12,454	306
13 Jan 1930	13,504	596
14 Apr 1930	13,639	461
14 Jul 1930	13,639	461
13 Oct 1930	13,193	907
12 Jan 1931	13,546	1,174
13 Apr 1931	13,504	1,216
13 Jul 1931	13,348	1,372
12 Oct 1931	12,641	2,079
25 Jan 1932	13,765	1,495
25 Apr 1932	13,955	1,305
25 Jul 1932	13,867	1,393
24 Oct 1932	14,029	1,231
23 Jan 1933	13,086	1,314
24 Apr 1933	13,363	1,037
24 Jul 1933	13,695	705
23 Oct 1933	13,681	719
22 Jan 1934	14,209	931
23 Apr 1934	14,427	713
23 Jul 1934	14,733	407
22 Oct 1934	14,529	611
28 Jan 1935	14,424	836
15 Apr 1935	14,762	498
22 Jul 1935	14,996	264
21 Oct 1935	14,967	293
20 Jan 1936	15,870	520
27 Apr 1936	16,154	236
20 Jul 1936	16,201	189
26 Oct 1936	16,138	252
25 Jan 1937	17,191	369
19 Apr 1937	17,279	281
26 Jul 1937	17,367	193
18 Oct 1937	17,314	246
17 Jan 1938	18,409	491
04 Apr 1938	18,522	378
18 Jul 1938	18,503	397
17 Oct 1938	18,238	662
16 Jan 1939	20,128	882
17 Apr 1939	20,443	567
10 Jul 1939	20,737	273
10 Oct 1966		366
09 Jan 1967		563
10 Apr 1967		417
10 Jul 1967		445
09 Oct 1967		513
08 Jan 1968		598
08 Apr 1968		524
08 Jul 1968		741
14 Oct 1968		1,072
13 Jan 1969		1,052
14 Apr 1969		905
14 Jul 1969		707
13 Oct 1969		712
12 Jan 1970		834
13 Apr 1970		749
13 Jul 1970		597
12 Oct 1970		722
11 Jan 1971		936
05 Apr 1971		966
12 Jul 1971		1,116
11 Oct 1971		1,107
10 Jan 1972		1,452
10 Apr 1972		1,310
10 Jul 1972		1,147
09 Oct 1972		1,257
08 Jan 1973		1,298
09 Apr 1973		1,101
09 Jul 1973		988
08 Oct 1973		955
14 Jan 1974		1,111
08 Apr 1974		1,112
08 Jul 1974		996
14 Oct 1974		1,179

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1966 - 1974	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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