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Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) website at https://www.iapondeathsincustody.org/

This website is run by the IAPDC Policy Team.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • use browser settings or plugins to change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • use browser settings or other software to zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of 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 if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible but most people should still be able to use the website fairly easily.

  • Magnification or zoom users will have to scroll down a bit to find the key links on some pages at around 175% zoom
  • People using speech recognition software may find the cookie settings button hard to activate – try saying “press cookie settings”
  • Screen reader users may find the incorrectly tagged listing items unhelpful
  • A significant number of documents are in PDF format and are not accessible

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

iap@justice.gov.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, contact:

iap@justice.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

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 live in Northern Ireland, complain to the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The IAPDC Policy Team 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The cookie button text may not make sense to some users. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4: Link Purpose (In Context). We plan to fix this by December 2024.

Some link text is a URL or simply ‘here’ and this may be hard for some users to understand. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4: Link Purpose (In Context). We plan to fix this by July 2025.

Lots of documents are in non-HTML formats, for example PDF. They are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our team reviews accessibility for all the websites built using this system and we aim to fix any issues we find.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 13th September 2024. It was last reviewed on 13th September 2024. This website was last tested on 13th September 2024.

The test was carried out by the MoJ Website Builder Team. They carried out a basic review and not a full audit. The system used to produce the site (called ‘Website Builder’) has been audited in the past and all issues found then were fixed.

We used this approach to decide on a sample of pages to test – we tested all of the most common pages:

  • the home page
  • a page for each of the templates in use on the site
  • a navigation index page