"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, February 2015 to April 2015, seasonally adjusted","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of people aged 16 to 64 in employment" "","" "Period","Feb 2015 to Apr 2015","Feb 2014 to Apr 2014" "UK","73.4","72.7" "Northern Ireland","68.4","68.0" "Scotland","74.4","73.3" "Wales","70.3","69.8" "South West","77.3","76.3" "South East","76.9","76.2" "London","71.9","71.6" "East of England","76.8","75.8" "West Midlands","71.0","70.1" "East Midlands","74.4","73.6" "Yorkshire and The Humber","71.6","71.9" "North West","71.7","69.9" "North East","69.3","69.5"