"Figure 1: Employment rates by region and comparison year on year, seasonally adjusted, September to November 2015 and September to November 2016","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Sep to Nov 2016","Sep to Nov 2015" "North East","70.5","69.8" "North West","73.0","73.0" "Yorkshire and The Humber","73.6","71.4" "East Midlands","75.8","74.3" "West Midlands","72.4","71.3" "East ","76.5","77.7" "London","73.8","72.9" "South East","78.2","77.9" "South West","77.3","77.5" "Wales","72.5","70.6" "Scotland","73.4","74.8" "Northern Ireland","69.3","68.7" "UK","74.5","74.0"