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G2 - Unemployment Rate of economically active people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Per cent Apr-92 May-92 Jun-92 Jul-92 Aug-92 Sep-92 Oct-92 Nov-92 Dec-92 Jan-93 Feb-93 Mar-93 Apr-93 May-93 Jun-93 Jul-93 Aug-93 Sep-93 Oct-93 Nov-93 Dec-93 Jan-94 Feb-94 Mar-94 Apr-94 May-94 Jun-94 Jul-94 Aug-94 Sep-94 Oct-94 Nov-94 Dec-94 Jan-95 Feb-95 Mar-95 Apr-95 May-95 Jun-95 Jul-95 Aug-95 Sep-95 Oct-95 Nov-95 Dec-95 Jan-96 Feb-96 Mar-96 Apr-96 May-96 Jun-96 Jul-96 Aug-96 Sep-96 Oct-96 Nov-96 Dec-96 Jan-97 Feb-97 Mar-97 Apr-97 May-97 Jun-97 Jul-97 Aug-97 Sep-97 Oct-97 Nov-97 Dec-97 Jan-98 Feb-98 Mar-98 Apr-98 May-98 Jun-98 Jul-98 Aug-98 Sep-98 Oct-98 Nov-98 Dec-98 Jan-99 Feb-99 Mar-99 Apr-99 May-99 Jun-99 Jul-99 Aug-99 Sep-99 Oct-99 Nov-99 Dec-99 Jan-00 Feb-00 Mar-00 Apr-00 May-00 Jun-00 Jul-00 Aug-00 Sep-00 Oct-00 Nov-00 Dec-00 Jan-01 Feb-01 Mar-01 Apr-01 May-01 Jun-01 Jul-01 Aug-01 Sep-01 Oct-01 Nov-01 Dec-01 Jan-02 Feb-02 Mar-02 Apr-02 May-02 Jun-02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03 Feb-03 Mar-03 Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04 Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05 May-05 Jun-05 Jul-05 Aug-05 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06 Sep-06
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
North East 12.2 12.3 12.7 12.6 12.9 12.3 12.9 13 13.1 13 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.6 12.8 13.6 13.5 13.2 13.1 12.5 12.7 12.3 12.8 12.6 12.7 12.7 12.5 11.8 11.8 11.8 12.2 12.9 12.9 12.2 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.2 11.3 11.1 11.2 11.6 11.1 11.1 11.2 10.8 10.6 10.8 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.8 10.7 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 10 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.4 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.4 8.2 8 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.7 9.1 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.5 9.8 9.9 9.6 9.1 9.4 9.7 9.3 8.9 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.8 8.4 9 8.9 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.5 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.2 6 6.6 7.3 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.2 6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.4 6.4 5.5 5.5 5.8 6 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.7 7 6.6 6.3 6 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.6
North West 10.1 10.2 10.6 10.2 9.9 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.9 11.1 11.2 11 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.3 10.2 10 10.3 10.1 10.2 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.1 9 9.2 9 9 9 9 9.1 8.9 9 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.9 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.8 7 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.1 6 6 6.3 6.4 6 5.8 5.5 5.3 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.3 5 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.9 5 5 5 5 4.8 5 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.6
Yorkshire and the Humber 10.2 9.6 9.5 8.9 9.1 9.3 9.9 9.7 10 10.3 10.1 10 10 10.1 10.4 10.6 10.4 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.7 10.2 9.9 10 9.9 9.9 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.1 8.9 9 8.9 8.7 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.3 7.8 8.1 8 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.9 8 7.5 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.9 7 7.1 7 7 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.1 6.9 7 6.9 7 6.8 7 6.5 6.3 6.1 6 6 6 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.3 5 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.9 5 4.9 4.9 5 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.1 6 6 6
East Midlands 8.7 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.8 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2 9 9 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.7 7 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.2 6.9 7 6.6 6.2 6.1 6 6.4 5.9 6 5.5 5.1 5 5.2 5.2 5 5 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 5 5.2 5.4 5.2 5 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.1 5 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 5.1 5 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 5 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.4
West Midlands 10.7 11 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.4 11.9 11.9 12.1 12.5 12.1 11.9 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.5 11.4 11.6 11.4 11.1 10.8 10.3 10 10.1 9.8 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1 8.9 9 8.7 8.7 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.4 9.2 8.7 8.3 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.8 7 7.3 7.2 7 6.5 6.5 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.2 6 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.8 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6 5.8 5.7 5.8 6.1 6 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.9 6 6 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.2 5 5 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.8 5 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.7 6 6.2 6.1 6.1
East of England 7.9 8.2 8.1 8.5 8.5 8.7 9 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.1 9 9 8.9 8.7 9 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.4 8.1 8.2 8 8 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7 7 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.1 6 6 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.1 4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.9 4 4 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.1 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 4 3.9 3.8 3.9 4 4 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.9 4 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.8 5 5 4.9 4.8 5 4.9
London 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.6 12.5 13 13.4 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.7 13.5 13.8 14.2 14.3 14.3 14 14 13.8 13.7 13.5 13.1 12.8 12.6 12.4 12.2 12 11.8