"Figure 6: Percentage change in employees by region for the public sector, 2009 to 2015 and 2014 to 2015, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% change" "","" "","Percentage change 2009 to 2015","Percentage change 2014 to 2015" "North East","-13.9","-1" "North West","-11.2","0.8" "Yorkshire and the Humber","-13.4","0.5" "East Midlands","-14.2","-1.1" "West Midlands","-12","-1.3" "East","-12.7","-1.1" "London","-2.6","-0.1" "South East","-10.1","1.2" "South West","-18.3","-3.3" "Wales","-9.1","-4.2" "Scotland","-9.8","0.9" "Northern Ireland","-7.7","-3"