"Figure 6: Claimant Count rate by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, April 2015 and April 2016","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","April 2016","April 2015" "North East","3.9","3.9" "North West","2.8","2.7" "Yorkshire and The Humber","2.7","3.2" "East Midlands","1.9","2.2" "West Midlands","2.7","2.8" "East","1.4","1.6" "London","1.8","2.0" "South East","1.2","1.3" "South West","1.3","1.3" "Wales","2.8","3.0" "Scotland","2.6","2.8" "Northern Ireland","4.2","5.0" "UK","2.1","2.3"