Departmental Internet

Mr. Harper
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a copy of his Department’s website accessibility plan.

Mr. Watson
The Department has not yet finalised its website accessibility plan. The plan will be published by May 2009. The Department’s web accessibility statement

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/terms_and_conditions.aspx

states that we adhere to COI guidance

http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=188

and W3C guidelines

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

We use several services and forms of specialist software to incorporate better accessibility for people with cognitive, hearing, visual and physical disabilities.