"Figure 1: Employment rate and quarterly changes in unemployment level","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, August to October 2001 to August to October 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands (left hand side), % (right hand side)" "","" "","Quarterly changes in unemployment (LHS)","Employment rate (RHS)" "Aug to Oct 2001","15","72.5" "Nov to Jan 2002","31","72.5" "Feb to Apr 2002","4","72.6" "May to Jul 2002","5","72.6" "Aug to Oct 2002","19","72.7" "Nov to Jan 2003","-65","72.8" "Feb to Apr 2003","37","72.7" "May to Jul 2003","-11","72.8" "Aug to Oct 2003","-33","72.8" "Nov to Jan 2004","-31","73" "Feb to Apr 2004","-4","73" "May to Jul 2004","-14","72.8" "Aug to Oct 2004","-26","72.9" "Nov to Jan 2005","29","73.1" "Feb to Apr 2005","-6","72.9" "May to Jul 2005","4","73" "Aug to Oct 2005","76","72.9" "Nov to Jan 2006","51","72.8" "Feb to Apr 2006","82","72.9" "May to Jul 2006","65","72.9" "Aug to Oct 2006","-7","72.8" "Nov to Jan 2007","12","72.6" "Feb to Apr 2007","-11","72.5" "May to Jul 2007","-48","72.6" "Aug to Oct 2007","-15","72.8" "Nov to Jan 2008","-13","72.9" "Feb to Apr 2008","50","73" "May to Jul 2008","57","72.8" "Aug to Oct 2008","151","72.3" "Nov to Jan 2009","183","72.2" "Feb to Apr 2009","239","71.4" "May to Jul 2009","182","70.6" "Aug to Oct 2009","6","70.6" "Nov to Jan 2010","-50","70.4" "Feb to Apr 2010","76","70.2" "May to Jul 2010","-22","70.6" "Aug to Oct 2010","25","70.5" "Nov to Jan 2011","11","70.5" "Feb to Apr 2011","-63","70.5" "May to Jul 2011","95","70.2" "Aug to Oct 2011","123","70.1" "Nov to Jan 2012","-10","70.3" "Feb to Apr 2012","-46","70.5" "May to Jul 2012","-24","71.1" "Aug to Oct 2012","-65","71.1" "Nov to Jan 2013","3","71.4" "Feb to Apr 2013","-8","71.2" "May to Jul 2013","-38","71.5" "Aug to Oct 2013","-89","71.9" "Nov to Jan 2014","-62","72.1" "Feb to Apr 2014","-173","72.7" "May to Jul 2014","-158","72.8" "Aug to Oct 2014","-57","73" "Nov to Jan 2015","-91","73.3" "Feb to Apr 2015","-39","73.4" "May to Jul 2015","-2","73.5" "Aug to Oct 2015","-106","74" "Nov to Jan 2016","-26","74.1" "Feb to Apr 2016","-12","74.2" "May to Jul 2016","-46","74.5" "Aug to Oct 2016","-18","74.4" "Nov to Jan 2017","-31","74.6" "Feb to Apr 2017","-50","74.8" "May to Jul 2017","-75","75.3" "Aug to Oct 2017","-26","75.1"