"Figure 17: The redundancy rate was highest in the East of England and the West Midlands","" "UK redundancy rateĀ¹ by region of residence, people aged 16 years and over (not seasonally adjusted), August to October 2019 and August to October 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. The redundancy rate is the ratio of the redundancy level for the given quarter to the number of employees in the previous quarter, multiplied by 1,000." "Unit","Rate per thousand" "","" "Periods","Aug-Oct 2019","Aug-Oct 2020" "United Kingdom","4.286","13.300" "Great Britain","4.311","13.416" "England","4.330","13.619" "North East","2.949","11.093" "North West","3.982","11.688" "Yorkshire and The Humber","3.928","7.557" "East Midlands","6.654","14.958" "West Midlands","5.053","16.474" "East ","4.312","16.557" "London","3.569","12.111" "South East","4.687","15.755" "South West ","3.664","14.763" "Wales","4.201","10.359" "Scotland","4.184","13.057" "Northern Ireland","3.347","8.894"