Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	16,131	5,179
11 Apr 1927	17,851	3,459
11 Jul 1927	18,325	2,985
17 Oct 1927	17,989	3,321
16 Jan 1928	18,265	3,395
16 Apr 1928	23,053	4,017
16 Jul 1928	22,927	4,143
15 Oct 1928	22,199	4,871
14 Jan 1929	26,291	4,649
15 Apr 1929	27,209	3,731
15 Jul 1929	27,927	3,013
14 Oct 1929	27,554	3,386
13 Jan 1930	29,630	4,900
14 Apr 1930	28,669	5,861
14 Jul 1930	27,868	6,662
13 Oct 1930	25,978	8,552
12 Jan 1931	23,200	10,550
13 Apr 1931	23,639	10,111
13 Jul 1931	23,075	10,675
12 Oct 1931	21,823	11,927
25 Jan 1932	19,736	13,094
25 Apr 1932	19,766	13,064
25 Jul 1932	19,736	13,094
24 Oct 1932	18,883	13,947
23 Jan 1933	19,874	13,916
24 Apr 1933	20,815	12,975
24 Jul 1933	22,131	11,659
23 Oct 1933	22,946	10,844
22 Jan 1934	22,710	10,870
23 Apr 1934	23,956	9,624
23 Jul 1934	24,921	8,659
22 Oct 1934	25,606	7,974
28 Jan 1935	25,670	9,580
15 Apr 1935	25,932	9,318
22 Jul 1935	26,324	8,926
21 Oct 1935	26,520	8,730
20 Jan 1936	25,458	9,412
27 Apr 1936	26,914	7,956
20 Jul 1936	28,304	6,566
26 Oct 1936	28,175	6,695
25 Jan 1937	29,011	6,629
19 Apr 1937	30,352	5,398
26 Jul 1937	30,745	5,005
18 Oct 1937	30,959	4,791
17 Jan 1938	29,579	5,551
04 Apr 1938	29,931	5,199
18 Jul 1938	29,404	5,726
17 Oct 1938	29,228	5,902
16 Jan 1939	29,968	7,352
17 Apr 1939	31,871	5,449
10 Jul 1939	33,215	4,105
16 Apr 1945		322
16 Jul 1945		271
15 Oct 1945		1,324
14 Jan 1946		1,792
08 Apr 1946		2,012
15 Jul 1946		1,829
14 Oct 1946		2,316
13 Jan 1947		2,471
14 Apr 1947		2,674
14 Jul 1947		1,678
13 Oct 1947		1,485
12 Jan 1948		1,322
12 Apr 1948		1,379
12 Jul 1948		1,356
11 Oct 1948		1,503
10 Jan 1949		1,622
11 Apr 1949		1,205
11 Jul 1949		1,091
10 Oct 1949		1,160
16 Jan 1950		1,328
17 Apr 1950		1,256
10 Jul 1950		952
16 Oct 1950		959
15 Jan 1951		945
16 Apr 1951		748
16 Jul 1951		555
15 Oct 1951		869
14 Jan 1952		1,302
21 Apr 1952		1,278
14 Jul 1952		1,140
13 Oct 1952		1,361
12 Jan 1953		1,298
13 Apr 1953		968
13 Jul 1953		730
12 Oct 1953		891
11 Jan 1954		1,040
12 Apr 1954		1,081
12 Jul 1954		750
11 Oct 1954		929
10 Jan 1955		1,083
18 Apr 1955		875
11 Jul 1955		562
10 Oct 1955		537
16 Jan 1956		699
16 Apr 1956		574
16 Jul 1956		453
15 Oct 1956		492
14 Jan 1957		714
15 Apr 1957		749
15 Jul 1957		545
14 Oct 1957		529
13 Jan 1958		747
14 Apr 1958		889
14 Jul 1958		1,067
13 Oct 1958		1,454
12 Jan 1959		2,018
13 Apr 1959		1,868
13 Jul 1959		1,459
12 Oct 1959		1,611
11 Jan 1960		1,876
11 Apr 1960		1,963
11 Jul 1960		1,349
10 Oct 1960		1,350
16 Jan 1961		1,474
10 Apr 1961		1,261
10 Jul 1961		960
16 Oct 1961		1,634
15 Jan 1962		2,636
09 Apr 1962		2,642
09 Jul 1962		2,815
15 Oct 1962		3,501
14 Jan 1963		5,454

Date:	Source:
1927 - 1939	Ministry of Labour, Local Unemployment Index (Ministry of Labour) ,
1945 - 1963	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.) ,

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