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Percentage of economically-active adults qualified to NVQ Level 3 or above
Region ONS Code 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005
    Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn Spring Autumn
North East A 39.5 41.3 42.4 41.6 41.5 42.3 43.6 44.3 45.5 45.7 47.6 47.6 47.4 46.3 48.2 49.9
North West B 44.1 44.9 45.1 45.9 47.0 48.4 47.9 48.0 45.9 48.0 47.8 48.2 49.8 50.7 50.8 50.6
Yorkshire & the Humber D 41.3 42.4 42.6 44.7 44.8 45.3 45.5 45.2 46.2 46.4 46.2 48.1 47.8 48.2 47.6 47.8
East Midlands E 40.8 42.8 41.7 43.0 43.1 44.3 44.0 44.6 45.0 46.1 46.3 48.9 49.3 49.4 50.3 49.5
West Midlands F 39.2 40.5 40.9 41.7 43.4 43.9 43.3 43.6 44.5 45.7 45.9 46.2 47.3 47.5 48.0 48.1
East of England G 40.6 42.7 43.2 44.0 44.4 44.5 45.1 46.4 45.7 44.9 46.0 46.7 47.3 48.4 48.3 49.6
London H 49.1 50.4 51.1 51.8 52.6 53.1 54.3 55.7 54.8 54.2 53.8 54.0 54.5 54.5 54.9 56.6
South East J 47.0 48.8 49.7 49.7 49.5 50.0 48.7 49.2 50.8 52.1 52.3 53.0 53.7 54.0 54.0 54.7
South West K 44.5 46.3 45.3 46.6 46.5 47.7 47.5 49.1 48.3 50.6 50.9 52.1 51.2 52.0 51.6 52.5
England 064 43.6 45.2 45.5 46.3 46.7 47.4 47.4 48.1 48.1 48.9 49.1 49.9 50.4 50.8 51.0 51.6
Wales 220 42.2 43.7 42.8 43.8 44.2 45.0 44.9 45.5 45.9 48.9 48.6 50.8 49.5 49.3 47.7 48.8
Scotland 179 48.4 51.1 51.5 52.6 52.2 53.2 53.6 54.5 54.9 55.7 56.4 56.6 55.5 58.5 57.9 58.1
Northern Ireland 152 42.1 42.5 43.3 43.6 43.6 44.5 43.6 44.5 47.3 48.6 47.6 47.9 48.6 49.5 48.4 48.7
UK 213 43.9 45.6 45.8 46.6 47.0 47.8 47.7 48.4 48.6 49.5 49.7 50.5 50.8 51.4 51.4 51.9
source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey
 
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