"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, August to October 2016 and August to October 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Aug to Oct 2017","Aug to Oct 2016" "North East","72.6","70.8" "North West","73.8","72.6" "Yorkshire and The Humber","72.6","73.3" "East Midlands","74.3","75.3" "West Midlands","72.7","72.7" "East ","77.9","76.6" "London","74.5","73.6" "South East","79.7","78.0" "South West","77.6","77.3" "Wales","72.8","72.9" "Scotland","74.9","73.3" "Northern Ireland","68.1","69.4" "UK","75.1","74.4"