"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, December to February 2016 and December to February 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of people aged 16 to 64 in employment" "","" "","Dec to Feb 2017","Dec to Feb 2016" "North East","70.5","70.1" "North West","73.5","73.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.8","71.9" "East Midlands","75.2","74.5" "West Midlands","71.7","71.3" "East ","77.0","77.9" "London","73.4","73.0" "South East","78.6","77.9" "South West","78.8","77.1" "Wales","73.0","72.1" "Scotland","73.4","73.8" "Northern Ireland","68.8","68.8" "UK","74.6","74.1"