The table below outlines some of the issues that we are currently working on as part of our accessibility roadmap.
| Issue | resolution |
|---|---|
| Bin Calendar PDFs are not accessible | While we cannot fix the calendars at the moment, we have adapted our bin lookup feature to show all remaining collection dates for the Calendar year. This provides the same information in an alternative and accessible way. We will continue to investigate ways of generating accessible PDF calendars and other alternative views of this information. We have implemented an Amazon Alexa 'skill' which cllows you to ask your smart device when your next collection will be. While this is not a fix for the issues mentioned above, we hope it will provide anothe useful means of accessing the information. |
| Inaccessible PDFs | we have a list of inaccessible PDFs from out Accessibility checking service (Siteimprove) and we are working through these documents fixing issues and/or replacing the PDF with HTML web pages. |
| Some page landmarks do not have a unique role or role/label/title | We are adapting tour site theme to accommodate these requirements and remove out of date ARIA attributes |
It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content. | This is a manual review and testing process. We have fixed the majority of occasions where this happens but are aware that more may exist. We will fix these issues as they are identifed. |
It’s not always possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping. | We are reworking elelements of our form module and currently testing new functionality to meet this requirement. |
Some of our Pages have "regions" without an accessible name. | We are reworking elelements of our form module and currently testing new functionality to meet this requirement. |
Some Iframes do not have appropriate 'title' attributes | We are working with third party supplier to resolve this issue. We anticipate this work will be completd by November 2021 |
Advertising elements (images) on may not resize appropriately on small screens. | We are working with third party supplier and updating our site theme to resolve this issue.We anticipate this work will be completd by November 2021 |
Resolved issues
The following issues have been flagged to us by siteimprove and subsequently resolved:
| Resolved issue | Conformance | Occurrences | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page has no title | A | 2213 | 2213 |
| Role without required context | A | 146058 | 2213 |
| Button without a text alternative | A | 2238 | 2213 |
| Required ARIA attribute is missing | A | 434210 | 2213 |
| Autocomplete does not work as intended | AA | 2214 | 2213 |
| Link without a text alternative | A | 153292 | 2213 |
| Browser zoom is restricted | AA | 2213 | 2213 |
| Image without a text alternative | A | 27996 | 2213 |
| Invalid role | A | 22027 | 2213 |
| Visible label and accessible name do not match | A | 130412 | 2213 |
| Page language has not been declared | A | 2213 | 2213 |
| Page language not recognized | A | 2213 | 2213 |
| Context-giving role has no dependents | A | 27917 | 2213 |
| Color contrast is not sufficient | AA | 112727 | 2213 |
| Form field is not labeled | A | 4441 | 2213 |
| Hidden element has focusable content | A | 2260 | 2213 |
| Element IDs are not unique | A | 90930 | 2213 |
| Empty headings | A | 26071 | 2213 |
| Inline frame without a text alternative | A | 48 | 34 |
| Multiple inline frames with the same text alternative | A | 48 | 34 |
| Unknown language tag in page body | AA | 105 | 17 |
| Image button without a text alternative | A | 17 | 17 |
| Some elements do not have sufficient colour contrast e.g. 'Coronavirus Menu' | AA | whole site | |
| Theme/skin for our third party system Modern.gov is not fully accessible. | A | whole site | |
| Some form elements do not have correct ARIA attributes. | AA | ||
| Some form fields are not labelled correctly. | |||
| The Theme/skin for some of our online forms is not fully accessible |
Last updated: 4 October 2021