Claimant Count Unemployment

Year	In employment	Unemployed
17 Jan 1927	85,914	17,756
11 Apr 1927	89,351	14,319
11 Jul 1927	90,497	13,173
17 Oct 1927	88,206	15,464
16 Jan 1928	84,700	15,610
16 Apr 1928	84,608	15,702
16 Jul 1928	84,054	16,256
15 Oct 1928	82,668	17,642
14 Jan 1929	79,431	18,929
15 Apr 1929	82,420	15,940
15 Jul 1929	84,140	14,220
14 Oct 1929	83,506	14,854
13 Jan 1930	83,263	17,207
14 Apr 1930	81,412	19,058
14 Jul 1930	81,875	18,595
13 Oct 1930	79,840	20,630
12 Jan 1931	81,029	23,481
13 Apr 1931	80,837	23,673
13 Jul 1931	79,971	24,539
12 Oct 1931	77,661	26,849
25 Jan 1932	82,210	27,470
25 Apr 1932	83,220	26,460
25 Jul 1932	83,119	26,561
24 Oct 1932	82,311	27,369
23 Jan 1933	82,274	28,996
24 Apr 1933	84,016	27,254
24 Jul 1933	86,168	25,102
23 Oct 1933	86,475	24,795
22 Jan 1934	89,815	27,985
23 Apr 1934	91,225	26,575
23 Jul 1934	92,092	25,708
22 Oct 1934	90,682	27,118
28 Jan 1935	90,413	28,747
15 Apr 1935	93,156	26,004
22 Jul 1935	94,143	25,017
21 Oct 1935	94,143	25,017
20 Jan 1936	92,859	26,061
27 Apr 1936	97,020	21,900
20 Jul 1936	99,976	18,944
26 Oct 1936	100,195	18,725
25 Jan 1937	101,926	19,704
19 Apr 1937	103,872	17,758
26 Jul 1937	105,453	16,177
18 Oct 1937	105,210	16,420
17 Jan 1938	108,055	18,325
04 Apr 1938	109,824	16,556
18 Jul 1938	110,962	15,418
17 Oct 1938	109,571	16,809
16 Jan 1939	110,979	18,821
17 Apr 1939	113,575	16,225
10 Jul 1939	115,782	14,018
16 Apr 1945		1,816
16 Jul 1945		1,784
15 Oct 1945		3,544
14 Jan 1946		6,338
08 Apr 1946		7,573
15 Jul 1946		7,660
14 Oct 1946		7,371
13 Jan 1947		7,548
14 Apr 1947		6,955
14 Jul 1947		4,840
13 Oct 1947		4,613
12 Jan 1948		5,378
12 Apr 1948		5,335
12 Jul 1948		4,945
11 Oct 1948		5,307
10 Jan 1949		6,142
11 Apr 1949		5,529
11 Jul 1949		4,590
10 Oct 1949		5,889
16 Jan 1950		6,681
17 Apr 1950		6,702
10 Jul 1950		5,520
16 Oct 1950		5,330
15 Jan 1951		5,819
16 Apr 1951		4,674
16 Jul 1951		3,872
15 Oct 1951		4,429
14 Jan 1952		5,530
21 Apr 1952		4,991
14 Jul 1952		4,027
13 Oct 1952		4,840
12 Jan 1953		5,582
13 Apr 1953		4,656
13 Jul 1953		3,517
12 Oct 1953		4,043
11 Jan 1954		4,845
12 Apr 1954		5,019
12 Jul 1954		3,266
11 Oct 1954		3,529
10 Jan 1955		3,998
18 Apr 1955		3,638
11 Jul 1955		2,415
10 Oct 1955		2,634
16 Jan 1956		3,224
16 Apr 1956		2,817
16 Jul 1956		2,153
15 Oct 1956		2,715
14 Jan 1957		3,640
15 Apr 1957		3,982
15 Jul 1957		2,562
14 Oct 1957		2,488
13 Jan 1958		3,670
14 Apr 1958		3,832
14 Jul 1958		3,397
13 Oct 1958		3,975
12 Jan 1959		5,915
13 Apr 1959		5,024
13 Jul 1959		4,205
12 Oct 1959		4,740
11 Jan 1960		5,711
11 Apr 1960		5,504
11 Jul 1960		4,275
10 Oct 1960		4,748
16 Jan 1961		5,068
10 Apr 1961		4,362
10 Jul 1961		3,605
16 Oct 1961		4,449
15 Jan 1962		5,886
09 Apr 1962		5,695
09 Jul 1962		5,389
15 Oct 1962		6,510
14 Jan 1963		9,681
08 Apr 1963		7,995

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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