North Wales has a higher employment rate and lower unemployment and economic inactivity rates than Wales as a whole, according to the latest quarterly Regional Economic and Labour market profile.

The profile, which compiles published figures on a regional level, shows that over the year the employment rate in North Wales rose by 2.3 percentage points, while the ILO unemployment rate decreased by 0.6 percentage points. North Wales has seen a bigger improvement in the employment and unemployment rates compared to Wales as a whole since 2001.

Welcoming the figures Economy Secretary Ken Skates said: