EMPLOYMENT
Table 6(a) - All People of Working Age in Employment1,2 - Residence Based
Thousands	GO Region/Country
		United Kingdom3	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
1999	Spring	26,235	1,007	2,893	2,166	1,916	2,344	2,505	3,265	3,823	2,233	22,152	1,179	2,222	671
	Summer	26,352	1,026	2,919	2,177	1,919	2,348	2,527	3,304	3,820	2,226	22,266	1,177	2,229	671
	Autumn	26,441	1,033	2,943	2,177	1,924	2,346	2,513	3,304	3,845	2,249	22,334	1,194	2,233	671
	Winter	26,480	1,036	2,930	2,175	1,935	2,330	2,517	3,322	3,863	2,256	22,363	1,191	2,245	672
2000	Spring	26,602	1,041	2,961	2,203	1,946	2,325	2,530	3,322	3,886	2,267	22,482	1,200	2,254	658
	Summer	26,729	1,048	2,971	2,219	1,940	2,330	2,555	3,334	3,887	2,287	22,571	1,200	2,287	666
	Autumn	26,675	1,054	2,926	2,206	1,926	2,320	2,571	3,333	3,872	2,287	22,497	1,188	2,303	680
	Winter	26,819	1,052	2,962	2,223	1,930	2,339	2,596	3,380	3,877	2,284	22,642	1,188	2,304	678
2001	Spring	26,872	1,057	2,975	2,211	1,927	2,365	2,587	3,392	3,892	2,292	22,699	1,180	2,303	685
	Summer	26,859	1,050	2,953	2,208	1,935	2,360	2,568	3,418	3,894	2,298	22,684	1,183	2,290	698
	Autumn	26,901	1,050	2,937	2,202	1,965	2,379	2,585	3,413	3,889	2,300	22,720	1,197	2,294	686
	Winter	26,922	1,054	2,966	2,210	1,953	2,373	2,599	3,413	3,899	2,299	22,766	1,191	2,278	683
2002	Spring	26,983	1,060	2,959	2,207	1,966	2,381	2,584	3,430	3,900	2,309	22,795	1,196	2,298	693
	Summer	27,047	1,061	2,965	2,219	1,980	2,383	2,585	3,434	3,889	2,316	22,832	1,218	2,300	693
	Autumn	27,130	1,054	3,017	2,233	1,975	2,381	2,571	3,431	3,879	2,327	22,868	1,237	2,319	702
	Winter	27,114	1,048	3,018	2,240	1,968	2,381	2,558	3,399	3,881	2,315	22,808	1,253	2,331	716
2003	Spring	27,239	1,059	3,042	2,253	1,973	2,381	2,585	3,399	3,889	2,309	22,891	1,279	2,342	719
	Summer	27,227	1,060	3,053	2,260	1,969	2,372	2,586	3,414	3,876	2,312	22,902	1,281	2,330	707
	Autumn	27,273	1,078	3,049	2,269	1,978	2,354	2,613	3,427	3,860	2,334	22,962	1,277	2,330	700
	Winter	27,400	1,082	3,070	2,268	1,991	2,390	2,626	3,435	3,868	2,352	23,081	1,270	2,337	705
2004	Spring	27,418	1,083	3,060	2,289	2,011	2,389	2,614	3,447	3,857	2,332	23,080	1,286	2,350	696
	Summer	27,420	1,092	3,064	2,288	1,989	2,394	2,626	3,418	3,871	2,344	23,087	1,258	2,365	702
	Autumn	27,546	1,090	3,083	2,292	1,997	2,430	2,623	3,419	3,896	2,334	23,165	1,282	2,375	712
	Winter	27,645	1,107	3,078	2,322	2,010	2,426	2,616	3,458	3,884	2,353	23,254	1,282	2,380	717
2005	Spring	27,618	1,102	3,073	2,295	2,008	2,430	2,621	3,447	3,895	2,370	23,241	1,265	2,380	717
	Summer	27,726	1,098	3,107	2,302	2,026	2,416	2,614	3,467	3,918	2,359	23,307	1,279	2,392	735
	Autumn	27,659	1,100	3,088	2,300	2,047	2,406	2,600	3,455	3,907	2,336	23,240	1,278	2,397	729
	Winter	27,707	1,108	3,077	2,327	2,050	2,389	2,592	3,485	3,913	2,344	23,285	1,273	2,394	737
1 Seasonally adjusted.
2 Including self-employed people.
3 Due to slight methodological differences between the way the national and regional LFS estimates have been interim adjusted for the 2001 Census, there may be small differences between the UK totals and the sum of the regional components.
Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics