"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, October to December 2015 and October to December 2016","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Oct to Dec 2016","Oct to Dec 2015" "North East","70.3","70.4" "North West","73.0","73.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.5","71.7" "East Midlands","75.7","74.2" "West Midlands","72.2","71.3" "East ","76.7","77.9" "London","73.7","72.9" "South East","78.6","77.7" "South West","77.5","77.4" "Wales","72.7","71.4" "Scotland","73.6","74.6" "Northern Ireland","70.0","68.8" "UK","74.6","74.1"