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Accessibility statement for Modern Gov website

This accessibility statement applies to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority group of websites:

These websites are run by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in up to 200%
  • Navigate the website using just a keyboard
  • Listen to the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
  • Discern the structure and order of web pages and content

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

Most of this website is accessible and conforms with WCAG 2.2 AA standard. We know some parts of the website are not fully accessible.

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:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 3 days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility.

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).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

If you need directions to our offices, please call or email us.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority 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 and exemptions’ listed below.

 

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • Across the website, pages are missing a main content landmark to indicate the main part of the page. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
  • There is no bypass link on any of the pages to allow users to skip over the navigation. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.1 (Bypass Blocks).
  • There are a couple of generic text links on a couple of the pages that cannot be determined from the link text alone. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.4 (Link Purpose (In Context).
  • The website does not have a lang attribute so there is no way for a screen reader to determine which language they should be accessing the pages in which fails WCAG success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page).
  • The state of the tab buttons on the ‘Decisions’ page are missing correct accessible set up which fails WCAG 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

ModernGov is managed by a third party supplier. We have passed the above non-compliances on to the supplier for remediation. We plan to have all issues resolved by May 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 24 May 2024. It was last reviewed on 24 May 2024.

This website was last tested on 16 May 2024. This website was tested for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.2 level A and level AA, and the test was carried out by Web Usability Partnership Ltd.

We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test.