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Accessibility across UK Local Authorities Introduction Digital accessibility regulation is challenging to manage and is negatively impacting those for whom the rules should be assisting. Public sector bodies must deal with accessibility, against a timetable. Now with a specific timeline in relation to the public sector achieving accessibility compliance for their websites, we have summarised our Q1 / 2020 results, reporting the position across the sector. Feb. 13th 20120| Ver. 1.0 | Release | © Sitemorse In Summary. For the Sitemorse 2020 Q1 UK Local Government INDEX we assessed over 400 local authority websites for adherence to WCAG 2.1. The INDEX was compiled 35% following some 260 million tests, checks and measures across more than 800,000 URLs. 17% Comparing the 2020 Q1 to the 2019 Q3 results; 45 improved, 44 declined, with the balance remaining the same. Two local authorities achieved a score of 10 (out of 10) for accessibility. Overall the top 10: 1 Harrogate borough Council 6 Broxtowe Borough Council 48% 2 North Devon Council 7 Ceredigion County Council 3 Ards and North Down borough Council 8 Cheshire East Council Score 10 - 7 Score 5 - 6 Score 0 - 4 4 Blaby District Council 9 Chichester District Council 5 Bracknell Forest Council 10 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar It is important to note that this score is for automated tests; there are still manual tests that need to be performed however, a score of 10 demonstrates a thorough understanding of what needs to be done and it is highly likely that the manual tests will pass too. Overall % It’s important to note that the INDEX covers the main website of each authority. The law applies to all websites operated, directly or on behalf of the authority. • Pages passing accessibility level A: 13% • Pages passing accessibility level AA: 80% Pages passing Automated Pages passing Automated checkpoints Level A checkpoints Level AA 87% 20% 80% 13% Pass Pass Fail Fail What are the Regulations? The EU Directive on the accessibility of public sector Why digital accessibility is important – “imagine websites and mobile apps *(Directive (EU) 2016/2102 using you are on a train” European standard EN 301 549 V1.1.2 (2015-04)), came Richard Morton, interim Head of Accessibility and into force for in the UK on 23 September 2018. The aim of Senior Accessibility Specialist at GDS)had this to say the regulations is to ensure public sector websites and recently Accessibility: why you should get on board mobile apps can be used by as many people as possible. The Directive lists 3 dates for compliance to be achieved: • 22 September 2019 - New public sector websites (those published after 22 September 2018) • 22 September 2020 - All other public sector websites • 22 June 2021 - Public sector mobile apps Clarification from the Cabinet Office: “…any new content published after 23 September 2019 should be in an accessible format at the time of publishing.” *https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-requirements-for-public-sector-websites-and-apps https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016L2102 https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/02.01.02_60/en_301549v020102p.pdf PDF documents. Along with the compliance assessment of web pages, we also reviewed the PDF documents from each local authority’s website. In total there were 3,459 PDF’s assessed of which 81% were not tagged for accessibility. 2 of the most common actions required to improve levels 81% of compliance; • Content Tagging • Document Titles 19% Ensuring accessible documents is an increasingly challenging task for public sector bodies, as it introduces new work procedures and requires extra attention during document creation. Pass Fail The key to solving this challenge is supplying end users with tools that minimises the added workload and are easily adopted. We have found one such tool to be accessibilityfixer by dania software, which is covered later in this report. PDF management. The *regulation has allowances for historic PDF documents. The full text of the regulation can be viewed online, in relation to PDF’s; Citation and commencement 1.— (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Sector bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. (2) These Regulations come into force on 23rd September 2018. Revocation 2. The Public Sector bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018(1) are revoked. Application 4.— (2) These Regulations do not apply to the following content of a website or “standard” has the meaning set out in Article 2(1) of **Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 mobile application of a public sector body— of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation (a) office file formats published before 23rd September 2018, unless such content is needed for active administrative processes relating to **http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1025/contents the tasks performed by the public sector body; (3) In this regulation— (a) “archives” means a website or mobile application which— (i) only contains content that is not needed for active administrative processes; and (ii) is not updated or edited after 23rd September 2019; …… (d) “office file formats” means a document in a format that is not intended primarily for use on the web and that is included in web pages, such as Adobe Portable Document Format, Microsoft Office documents or their open-source equivalents. *http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/part/1/made Full Results – breakdown by authority. The score is based on assessing the first 125 pages of a website – those closest to the home (first) page of the website. 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% The full results can be seen at: https://sitemorse.com/index/uk-local-government/2020-q1 15% 10% The following sites we excluded; • Fylde Council • Calderdale Council 5% • Dudley Metropolitan borough Council • Erewash Borough Council • Lancashire County Council 0% • Leeds City Council 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 • New Forest District Council Breakdown (%) of website scores. • Newry, Mourne and Down District Council • Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council • Wealden District Council • Borough Council of Wellingborough • Wyre Council The detail of individual exclusions is available on request. Local Authorities Scoring 10 (out of 10) for Accessibility Harrogate borough Council North Devon Council Scoring 9 (out of 10) Ards and North Down borough Council Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Orkney Islands Council Blaby District Council Dartford borough Council Richmondshire District Council Bracknell Forest Council Daventry District Council Scarborough Borough Council Broxtowe Borough Council Derbyshire County Council Somerset West and Taunton Council Ceredigion County Council Eden District Council Thurrock Council Cheshire East Council Essex County Council Wigan Council Chichester District Council Hinckley & bosworth borough Council Wrexham County borough Council Scoring 8 (out of 10) Aberdeen City Council London borough of Richmond upon Thames Council Rochdale borough Council Bassetlaw District Council Maldon District Council Slough Borough Council Bridgend County Borough Council North Somerset Council South Ayrshire Council Buckinghamshire County Council North Warwickshire Council South Northamptonshire Council Bury Council Norwich City Council Spelthorne Borough Council Cherwell District Council Nottingham City Council Surrey County Council Cornwall Council Oxford City Council Teignbridge District Council East Herts Council Perth & Kinross Council Torfaen County borough Council East Renfrewshire Council Reigate and banstead borough Council Worcestershire County Council Scoring 7 (out of 10) Amber Valley Borough Council Dacorum borough Council Hackney Council BCP Council - Bournemouth Derby City Council Kirklees Council BCP Council - Christchurch Dorset Council Oadby & Wigston borough Council City of London Corporation Durham County Council Pendle Borough Council Clackmannanshire Council Falkirk Council Swindon Borough Council Craven District Council Fenland District Council Local Authorities Scoring 6 (out of 10) for Accessibility Adur & Worthing Councils Conwy County borough Council Hull City Council Allerdale Borough Council Coventry City Council Inverclyde Council Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council Darlington borough Council Isle of Anglesey County Council Ashford Borough Council Denbighshire County Council Isle of Wight Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Doncaster Metropolitan borough Council Kent County Council Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils Dumfries and Galloway Council Kettering Borough Council Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils Dundee City Council Lambeth London borough Council Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council East Lothian Council Leicestershire County Council Basildon Council East Northamptonshire Council Lewes and Eastbourne Councils BCP Council - Poole East Staffordshire Borough Council Lichfield District Council Birmingham City Council East Sussex County Council London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Council Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Eastleigh Borough Council London borough of Havering Blackpool Council Elmbridge Borough Council London borough of Hounslow Council Bolton Council Enfield Council London borough of Waltham Forest Council Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Exeter City Council Manchester City Council Borough of Broxbourne Council Fareham borough Council Mansfield District Council Boston Borough Council Flintshire County Council Medway Council Braintree District Council
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