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Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Engineering Guidance and Standards documentation site at http://localhost/.

This website is run by the Home Office. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate the website using just a keyboard
  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use.

How accessible this website is

Our testing has shown that viewing this site is accessible to all users.

Contributions to this site are managed using the engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub. We are aware GitHub’s website may not be accessible to all users. If you would like to contribute to the site and are unable to, please contact the site maintainers by email: segas@digital.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Accessibility issues with the site are tracked in GitHub. You can view a list of outstanding accessibility issues. As GitHub may not be accessible to all users, we aim to promptly update this statement when new issues are raised.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, you can email segas@digital.homeoffice.gov.uk.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within seven days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, you can:

The W3C web accessibility initiative provides tips on contacting organisation about inaccessible websites.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

If you are in Northern Ireland and are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland who are responsible for enforcing the ‘accessibility regulations’ in Northern Ireland.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Home Office is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Contributions to the site are managed using the engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub. This is partially compliant as described in GitHub’s accessibility conformance report.

Non-accessible content

At the time of writing there is no known non-accessible content on the engineering guidance and standards site. You can see a list of open accessibility issues in GitHub. As GitHub may not be accessible to all users, we aim to promptly update this statement when new issues are raised.

Contributing to the site using the engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub is partially accessible. You can view GitHub’s accessibility conformance report for details of the current issues with accessing GitHub. If you would like to contribute to the site and are unable to, please contact the site maintainers by email: segas@digital.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

  • This statement was prepared and reviewed on 27th December 2023.
  • This website was last tested on 27th December 2023. Testing was carried out internally by the Home Office.

We test this site as it develops by running automated accessibility tests provided by axe-core on all changes, and by following a script of manual checks to perform when reviewing changes to the site. These are stored in GitHub: