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- Add required Feedback and contact information section
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## How accessible this website is

Accessibility issues with the site are tracked in GitHub. You can [view a list of outstanding accessibility issues](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility).
Our testing has shown that viewing this site is accessible to all users.

Contributions to this site are managed using the [engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards). We are aware GitHub's website may not be accessible to all users. If you would like to contribute to the site and are unable to, please contact the site maintainers by email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

Accessibility issues with the site are tracked in GitHub. You can [view a list of outstanding accessibility issues](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility). As GitHub may not be accessible to all users, we aim to promptly update this statement when new issues are raised.

## 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, you can email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within seven days.

## Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you are having difficulties accessing this site, please let us know. You can:
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, you can:
- [Raise a new issue in GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards/issues/new?assignees=&labels=accessibility&projects=&template=report_an_accessibility_issue.md&title=%5BA11Y%5D)
- [Email us at [email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

The W3C web accessibility initiative provides [tips on contacting organisation about inaccessible websites](https://www.w3.org/WAI/teach-advocate/contact-inaccessible-websites/).

## 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)](https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/).
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This website is compliant with the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/) AA standard.

Contributions to the site are managed using the [engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards). This is partially compliant as described in [GitHub's accessibility conformance report](https://accessibility.github.com/conformance/github-com/).

## Non-accessible content

At the time of writing there is no known non-accessible content. You can [list recently raised accessibility issues in GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility).
At the time of writing there is no known non-accessible content on the engineering guidance and standards site. You can [list recently raised accessibility issues in GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility). As GitHub may not be accessible to all users, we aim to promptly update this statement when new issues are raised.

Contributing to the site using the [engineering guidance and standards repository on GitHub](https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/engineering-guidance-and-standards) is partially accessible. You can view [GitHub's accessibility conformance report](https://accessibility.github.com/conformance/github-com/) for details the current issues with accessing GitHub. If you would like to contribute to the site and are unable to, please contact the site maintainers by email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

## Preparation of this accessibility statement

- This statement was prepared and reviewed on 13th September 2023.
- This statement was prepared and reviewed on 27th October 2023.
- This website was last tested on 28th September 2023. Testing was carried out internally by the Home Office.

We test this site as it develops by running automated accessibility tests provided by [`axe-core`](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core) on all changes, and by following a script of manual checks to perform when reviewing changes to the site. These are stored in GitHub:
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