"Figure 6: Average hours, manufacturing (C), NUTS1 regions, 1997 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Hours" "","" "","North East","North West","Yorkshire and The Humber","East Midlands","West Midlands","East","London","South East","South West","Wales","Scotland","Northern Ireland" "1997","35.14061645","35.12533391","35.32880379","34.81706169","35.21433339","35.02015457","39.433215","34.67345199","35.32123903","34.69576431","34.60191194","36.8373167" "1998","35.36471203","35.70006171","35.97775015","35.30130228","36.11934314","36.04753653","39.1731505","34.91448833","35.35013006","35.97399486","35.90489814","37.84395765" "1999","35.38526536","35.65340067","35.77726583","35.2826773","35.13149303","35.43933435","39.35689284","34.82761405","34.85109407","35.18511728","35.19954608","39.23907601" "2000","35.87269981","35.79222066","35.07268814","35.15780476","35.27369506","35.7072403","38.90577734","34.86162991","34.77971294","34.82209772","35.51107368","37.43556351" "2001","35.24727129","35.2748828","34.9448152","35.9644964","36.06720972","35.76814363","38.93556752","34.77628888","34.67633666","35.41494982","36.18359073","36.68208927" "2002","35.33342441","35.22929917","35.29902522","35.53842362","35.53762585","35.20398827","37.96923668","35.18209835","34.27741884","34.90268133","35.55289895","37.02702943" "2003","35.77113514","34.90434001","35.11733316","35.62499118","35.2909566","35.19560692","38.58171517","34.10418026","33.5151549","34.96717932","35.43375672","36.57624042" "2004","35.79864114","34.78135547","34.79265789","35.56878914","35.65350115","35.47218619","37.65003313","34.50573159","34.42898609","34.53244993","34.22090216","35.08939139" "2005","35.01474183","34.93863757","35.03760961","36.51912768","35.88927176","36.44548905","38.3239883","34.69041094","34.93553249","34.90799776","34.39013348","35.77030198" "2006","35.70222389","34.93209245","35.31124915","35.73546084","35.74313616","35.55600442","38.50668232","33.30524189","34.54240607","35.46768032","35.31503146","37.99051155" "2007","35.37815595","35.41540007","35.40633177","35.91177404","36.00621408","35.36952606","38.80521511","34.48930208","34.15220845","35.53672818","35.34893851","37.54958825" "2008","35.11110967","34.88677294","34.51527525","35.0844631","35.06808145","35.5316893","38.60501534","33.8204216","34.18222862","35.15969162","34.9703586","37.4226448" "2009","34.12061808","34.55979478","34.66769178","35.11001092","34.25322017","34.96315939","38.50758348","33.51364978","34.12898599","34.40053172","35.25786543","36.6764908" "2010","34.61954241","35.56418101","35.04923047","35.24711205","35.72318149","35.81988501","38.43472902","33.29051413","34.13943232","34.73729223","35.31045229","37.64005113" "2011","35.741312","35.34434234","35.37109379","35.76270474","35.77785577","36.47061713","38.70510194","34.23693396","34.4454014","35.28991536","35.38550432","37.81583231" "2012","35.23806343","35.84322099","35.21392317","35.6462552","36.04760505","36.48702035","38.34124392","34.42575044","33.62263794","35.5935797","34.6987363","38.58126844" "2013","36.0822552","35.93430052","35.85304231","35.73398926","36.83787781","36.99069775","39.17156408","34.77362192","34.73839103","35.86328792","35.39430918","38.88588376" "2014","36.93989792","36.39530452","36.21505029","36.15348296","36.43786193","36.19632494","37.69900763","34.65665963","34.56618264","34.94396463","35.21591405","38.67597145" "2015","35.53011862","35.5854271","35.55225937","36.65798951","37.08078787","35.48414678","38.32575598","33.70009329","33.78412958","35.03220232","34.74228558","37.31133979" "2016","36.05131625","35.86380407","35.14033236","36.21358328","37.01486906","36.29132546","38.41587689","35.26336436","33.45906468","35.18931936","35.21260542","38.71110902"