This site has been designed to be as accessible to as many people as possible, and to be compatible with types of adaptive technology used by people with disabilities, including screen readers. We have attempted to comply with Priority 2 guidelines of the W3C Web content Accessibility guidelines (
http://www.w3.org) wherever possible. In order to achieve this aim, any additional function of the site which would normally require a mouse for input access keys have been offered as an alternative.
All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2, H3 and H4 for subtitles.
Access Keys
s - Skip navigation
1 - Home page
2 - Using this report
3 - Stakeholders and Priorities
4 - Assurance
5 - Downloads
9 - Feedback
0 - Accessibility statement (this page)
i - increase font
r - reduce font
m - main menu
In Internet Explorer 5+:
'ALT' key + the access key brings focus to the element. If a link, the 'ENTER' key will take the user to the linked destination.
In Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape 6+:
'ALT' key + the access key takes the user to linked destination.
If using an Apple Mac:
Subsititute the 'CTRL' key for the 'ALT' key.
Fonts
This site uses relative font sizes compatible with the user-specified text size option in visual browsers.
You can change the text size using the Text size function supplied in the top navigation bar ('ALT' + I to increase the font size and 'ALT' + r to reduce it.). Alternatively, you may change your text size preference through your browser. In Internet Explorer select View then Text Size, and then your preferred size. In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom and then your preferred percentage size.
The standard font used throughout the site is Arial for easy legibility.
Graphics, Pictures and Images
All images, where appropriate, have an alternative text attribute. This means when an image is conveying important information its content is described with alternative text. If an image is used for decorative purposes the text attribute for the image will be left empty.
Links
Wherever appropriate, links have 'title' attributes which describe the link in greater detail. Wherever possible, links are written to make sense when read out of context in some browsers. Any links that direct you to resources outside of our site are indicated with a 'title' description.
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