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Focus on the regions
Ìý	Activity level			Order books
Ìý	Oct	Nov	Dec	Oct	Nov	Dec
Scotland	63	61	61	55	64	52
Northern Ireland	42	46	50	25	32	29
North England	57	61	61	57	63	65
North-west England	62	48	60	43	31	45
Yorkshire & Humberside	50	50	56	53	48	47
Wales	68	73	58	59	59	39
East Midlands	43	60	53	52	52	58
West Midlands	61	54	50	36	36	26
East Anglia	55	45	46	52	40	43
South-east	52	48	53	43	38	42
South-west	54	57	42	52	57	48
*An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease.