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Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to costofliving.campaign.gov.scot.

This website is run by the Scottish Government. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. You should be able to:

  • use your web browser to change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • navigate all of the website using just a keyboard
  • zoom in up to 300% without loss of information
  • 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)
  • access the website using a mobile or tablet

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

We want to find ways to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email digital-publishing@gov.scot with details.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Scottish Government is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We’ll routinely carry out an accessibility audit of this website. We’ll implement any changes required to ensure that it remains fully compliant with the WCAG version 2.2 AA standard.

This website uses the Scottish Government Design System which has accessible styles, components and patterns.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 5 March 2024. It was last reviewed on 5 March 2024.

This website was last tested on 29 February 2024 by the Digital Accessibility Team in the Scottish Government.

The Digital Accessibility Team ran an automated test across the website, to detect compliance with WCAG 2.2 (AA). The automated tests were completed using the latest version of Axe. This was followed by a manual accessibility review of a representative sample of pages and content types and was conducted using assistive technology in accordance with the most used (JAWS and NVDA).

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