Accessibility

Accessibility Statement for F10

This form is run by the Health and Safety Executive. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this form. For example this means you should be able to:

• navigate most of the form without using a keyboard
• navigate most of the form using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the form using a screen reader

We've also made the form as simple as possible to understand, or at least as far as the regulations allow us to.

How accessible this form is

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

• the colours, contrast levels and fonts cannot be adjusted
• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• the page will timeout after 20 minutes of inactivity

What to do if you cannot access parts of this form

If you need information on this form in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email accessibility@hse.gov.uk

We'll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

Reporting accessibility problems with this form

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of our forms. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements for this form, contact accessibility@hse.gov.uk

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 form's accessibility

The HSE is committed to making it's forms accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This form is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

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

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

WCAG 2.1 Level A

• 3.2.2 On Input:When creating or editing an F10 form on the Project Details page there are a series of checkboxes that when checked display a dropdown list below the checkbox. Although reference to this is made in the Help section on the page, the checkboxes that do trigger the dropdown lists to show are not explicitly named. The HSE development team is looking into the way that we display user interface components and the descriptions that we can provide on the webpage to inform users of what the consequence of interacting with the component will be.

WCAG 2.1 Level AA

• 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose:The F10 form does not provide users with the autocomplete feature. As we are currently updating our forms to the AA standard this is a feature that is currently under review across all HSE forms and something that we are looking to update across all of our forms in the very near future.
• 1.4.10 Reflow:Current HSE internal staff policy has locked down some customisable options so the proper testing process has not been possible, specifically adjusting the browser window to the specification detailed in WCAG 2.1. The HSE development team have raised this system administrators and we hope to be able to complete propoer testing in due course and then if necessary consider a solution.
• 1.4.12 Text Spacing:Current HSE internal staff policy has locked down some customisable options so the proper testing process has not been possible, specifically following the guidance from Accessibility Insights that requires using experimental software to test the Text Spacing parameters detailed in WCAG 2.1, which is blocked by the HSE network. The HSE development team have raised this system administrators and we hope to be able to complete propoer testing in due course and then if necessary consider a solution.

Note:HSE Developers are also aware that PDFs can fall short of WCAG 2.1, but after consulting the Government Digital Service guidance on testing PDF documents we not have the necessary software to properly test the PDF's so cannot confirm if the PDFs that are generated by the F10 form are compliant or not. This issue is being raised within the department and a solution is being sourced.'s

How we tested this form

This form was last tested on 23/10/2019. The test was carried out by the HSE Development Team.

This is the first form to undergo accessibility testing against WCAG 2.1 and going forward we intend to test every form we produce against this standard.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

Following on from this, the first accessibility testing in line with WCAG 2.1, the HSE Development Team will look to address the failings that have been found when testing the F10 form. From there we will look at what can be done to meet the AAA level, detailed in WCAG 2.1

This statement was prepared on 25/10/2019. It was last updated on 12/11/2019.