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Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement relates to all web content of the Scottish Parliament TV website found at https://www.scottishparliament.tv.

Parliament TV is run by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body (SPCB). We are committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

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

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

We are working towards providing captions for on-demand video by the end of October 2020, and addressing the other accessibility issues by the end of the year.

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

Get content in other formats

We will do our best to provide you with the content you need in a format that is suitable for you. Please get in touch.

  1. Email us at [email protected]
  2. Describe the format you need, for example audio CD, braille, BSL or large print.
  3. Provide your name and email address.

We’ll aim to reply within 2 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us by doing the following:

  1. Contact [email protected].
  2. Add the web address (URL) of the page the content’s on or choose the whole site.
  3. Let us know your issue.
  4. Provide your name and email address if you want a response, or leave this blank if you want to remain anonymous.

If you request a response, we'll aim to reply within 2 working days.

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

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

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Parliament TV is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some issues flagged in regards to accessibility are connected to the element description. This fails WCAG 2.1 AA Success Criteria 1.1.1, 1.3.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.6, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 when alternative text, label and titles have been omitted.

We hope to have a fix for this issue by the end of 2020.

Some text is difficult to see due to the use of colour. This fails WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria 1.4.1, 1.4.4 and 2.4.7.

We hope to have a fix for this issue by the end of 2020.

Parts of the website are not accessible by using keyboard shortcuts and some features are not easily accessible. This fails WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4 and 2.4.3

We hope to have a fix for this issue by the end of 2020.

There are also issues connected to the use of audio and video. These fail WCAG 2.1 AA Success Criteria 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 and 1.2.5, where there are no captions, audio description or media alternatives.

We are aiming to provide captions for on-demand video by the end of October 2020.

Language issues are in regards to text not being understandable or being able to be read by a screen reader, failing WCAG 2.1 AA success criterion 3.1.2.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Some articles may have uploaded files in PDF format. Older PDFs documents may not meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be structured to be accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2.

However, it passed on manual and automated tests, presenting a good level of accessibility with bookmarks, tab support, and reading order.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs we publish will meet accessibility standards.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested in March 2020. The test was carried out by accessibility Passion4Social CIC (third-party), not involved in the design and development process.

We used this approach to test:

We tested the following pages:

As all pages are based on the same platform and template, they have not been tested individually but some samples have been selected from all of them.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Parliament TV is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Parliament TV relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Check out the full evaluation report .

This statement was prepared on 27 August 2020 and updated on 10th September 2020.