"Figure 7: Comparison of Claimant Count rate, annual average change and monthly change, September 2016","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","" "","" "","Average monthly change, Sep 2015 to Sep 2016","Monthly change, Aug 2016 to Sep 2016" "North East","0.03","0.03" "North West","-0.01","-0.04" "Yorkshire and The Humber","-0.01","0.00" "East Midlands","-0.01","0.01" "West Midlands","0.01","0.02" "East","-0.01","0.00" "London","-0.01","0.00" "South East","0.00","0.01" "South West","0.00","0.01" "Wales","-0.01","0.00" "Scotland","0.01","0.01" "Northern Ireland","-0.05","-0.07" "UK","0.00","0.00"