"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, April to June 2015 and April to June 2016","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Apr to Jun 2016","Apr to Jun 2015" "North East","71.2","68.0" "North West","72.6","71.2" "Yorkshire and The Humber","72.2","71.7" "East Midlands","75.6","74.8" "West Midlands","71.9","70.6" "East ","78.1","76.9" "London","73.5","72.2" "South East","78.3","76.6" "South West","77.7","78.2" "Wales","72.2","71.5" "Scotland","74.1","74.1" "Northern Ireland","69.0","67.7" "UK","74.5","73.4"