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Table D1a - Percentage of economically-active adults qualified to NVQ Level 1 or above
                                             
Per cent 1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn   Spring Autumn
North East 84.8 85.8   86.8 87.0   87.0 85.7   87.5 88.0   88.3 88.5   88.0 89.7   90.9 89.9   90.9 91.8
North West 86.8 87.3   87.9 87.6   88.7 88.6   88.5 88.1   88.2 88.4   88.1 88.6   89.0 89.7   91 90.5
Yorkshire and the Humber 85.3 86.1   87.0 87.8   88.1 87.6   87.3 87.1   87.5 88.6   88.3 89.7   90.3 90.1   90.4 90.1
East Midlands 85.1 86.2   85.8 86.7   86.5 87.0   86.3 86.7   87.7 88.1   87.2 88.6   88.8 89.0   89.8 90.1
West Midlands 83.0 84.1   85.0 85.3   85.6 86.1   86.1 86.6   86.8 86.9   87.7 88.1   87.3 87.6   88.6 89.3
East of England 87.9 88.4   88.6 88.0   88.0 88.4   89.5 90.2   89.9 89.1   89.3 89.5   90.4 90.4   90.7 91.3
London 89.0 89.5   90.0 89.8   90.2 90.3   90.4 90.8   90.9 91.7   91.5 92.0   91.6 90.6   91.1 91.4
South East 90.1 90.6   90.7 90.8   91.1 91.6   90.7 90.4   91.1 91.8   92.2 92.5   91.9 92.5   93.1 93.2
South West 89.3 89.2   89.2 90.2   90.5 90.6   91.0 91.4   91.9 92.3   92.7 92.7   92.3 92.5   92.4 93.1
                                             
England 87.3 87.9   88.2 88.5   88.8 88.9   88.9 89.1   89.4 89.8   89.8 90.4   90.4 90.4   91.1 91.3
                                             
Wales 84.4 85.8   85.6 85.5   86.9 87.5   85.6 85.8   86.9 88.3   88.3 88.7   87.8 87.9   87.9 89.2
Scotland 87.5 87.6   87.9 87.6   87.0 88.1   88.1 88.4   88.4 89.4   89.6 88.8   88.8 90.8   90.1 90.9
Northern Ireland 81.0 80.8   80.5 80.4   80.7 80.5   81.8 82.5   84.2 83.7   83.9 82.8   83.1 82.2   82.6 83.5
                                             
United Kingdom 87.0 87.6   87.9 88.0   88.3 88.6   88.5 88.7   89.1 89.5   89.6 90.0   89.9 90.1   90.6 91.0
                                             
                                             
Source: Department for Education and Skills analyses of the ONS Labour Force Survey                              

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Last updated on 19 January, 2007