"Figure 6: Economic inactivity rate by region and comparison year-on-year, seasonally adjusted, November 2015 to January 2016 and November 2016 to January 2017","" "UK regions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Data Table","Nov to Jan 2017","Nov to Jan 2016" "North East","24.1","23.5" "North West","23.1","22.9" "Yorkshire and The Humber","22.9","23.3" "East Midlands","20.9","22.0" "West Midlands","23.2","24.6" "East ","19.8","19.1" "London","22.0","22.3" "South East","18.6","18.9" "South West","18.8","19.8" "Wales","23.3","24.3" "Scotland","22.6","20.6" "Northern Ireland","26.2","26.5" "UK","21.6","21.8"