"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, April to June 2016 and April to June 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Apr to Jun 2017","Apr to Jun 2016" "North East","72.5","71.2" "North West","74.4","72.6" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.5","72.3" "East Midlands","74.1","75.5" "West Midlands","72.3","72.0" "East ","77.4","78.0" "London","74.4","73.4" "South East","79.1","78.2" "South West","78.7","77.8" "Wales","72.7","72.1" "Scotland","75.2","74.1" "Northern Ireland","69.2","69.1" "UK","75.1","74.2"