Standards compliance

All pages on this site comply with priority 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. More information about the guidelines is available on the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative page.

If you have any problems accessing this site, please contact us.

All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. They use structured semantic markup.

All tables have properly scoped header cells to allow screen readers to render them intelligently. Where required, tables also have a caption and a summary.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. The following access keys are available throughout the site:

Text Size

Making the text larger or smaller can easily be changed using your browser. For example, to increase or decrease the text size in Internet Explorer:

1. Click on the 'View' menu in your browser
2. Click on the 'Text size' option
3. Select the size you would like to see

Visual design

This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

More Help With Accessibility

This statement was adapted from Mark Pilgrim's Dive Into Mark. Mark also wrote Dive Into Accessibility, a free resource explaining all the issues dealt with on this page.

Guidelines

Guidelines on design and accessibility requirements are set out in a number of documents below.

• The Cabinet Office publishes a set of guidelines for Government websites including a framework and quality framework for site design and a guide for web management teams.
• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face, including access to services.