"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, June to August 2014 and June to August 2015","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage of people aged 16 to 64 in employment" "","" "","Jun to Aug 2015","Jun to Aug 2014" "UK","73.6","73.0" "Northern Ireland","67.9","68.3" "Scotland","73.7","73.9" "Wales","70.9","68.8" "South West","78.4","76.2" "South East","76.9","76.5" "London","72.5","72.1" "East of England","77.4","76.8" "West Midlands","71.1","69.7" "East Midlands","75.1","73.9" "Yorkshire and The Humber","71.2","72.1" "North West","71.5","70.6" "North East","68.2","69.0"