"Figure 1: Employment rates estimates by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, August to October 2017 and August to October 2018","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Aug 2018 to Oct 2018","Aug 2017 to Oct 2017" "North East","71.4","72.6" "North West","75.3","73.8" "Yorkshire and The Humber","74.1","72.6" "East Midlands","75.8","74.3" "West Midlands","73.8","72.7" "East ","78.2","77.9" "London","75.5","74.5" "South East","78.2","79.7" "South West","78.7","77.6" "Wales","75.3","72.8" "Scotland","75.0","74.9" "Northern Ireland","68.7","68.1" "UK","75.7","75.1"