"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, May to July 2017 and May to July 2018","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","May 2018 to Jul 2018","May 2017 to Jul 2017" "North East","70.8","71.8" "North West","74.3","74.5" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.8","73.7" "East Midlands","74.9","74.1" "West Midlands","74.8","72.7" "East ","78.4","77.7" "London","74.7","74.9" "South East","78.1","79.6" "South West","79.2","77.8" "Wales","74.8","72.4" "Scotland","75.1","75.8" "Northern Ireland","69.3","68.2" "UK","75.6","75.3"