"Figure 4: Average (mean) actual weekly hours of work, by region and by sex, October 2016 to September 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","hours of work" "","" "","Women","Men" "North East","26.8","35.8" "North West","27.1","36.0" "Yorkshire and The Humber","26.4","35.4" "East Midlands","26.5","36.7" "West Midlands","26.8","36.6" "East","27.3","37.5" "London","29.0","37.4" "South West","26.0","36.2" "South East","26.9","36.8" "Wales","27.0","36.4" "Scotland","26.9","36.4" "Northern Ireland","27.2","38.5"