"Figure 5: Unemployment rates by region, seasonally adjusted, August to October 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Change on quarter","Rate" "North East","-0.1","5.9" "North West","0.2","4.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","0.2","5.0" "East Midlands","0.3","4.2" "West Midlands","-0.5","5.3" "East ","-0.2","3.6" "London","-0.3","4.9" "South East","-0.2","3.0" "South West","0.0","3.7" "Wales","0.4","4.7" "Scotland","0.3","4.1" "Northern Ireland","-1.4","3.9" "UK","-0.1","4.3"