Please could you provide me with some information regarding third-party cookies and your cookies policy, and your website design?
Cookies and cookie policy
* Does your website currently have third party cookies?
Yes.
* What does your website currently use cookies for?
We use cookies for a range of purposes. You can view the full list of cookies on our website.
* Do you have a cookie policy in place?
Yes.
* Do you currently ask for users’ consent before setting any cookies that are non essential to providing the service?
Yes.
Website design
* Has your local council website been evaluated against the government’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? If not, are there plans to do so in the next 12 months?
Yes – we have audited our website for compliance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, including compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA
* How much have you invested in the past a) 12 months and b) in total, to make your council’s website accessible?
We have invested a considerable amount of staff time over a) the last 12 months and b) over the last few years to make our website accessible but are unable to provide a monetary breakdown, however we have invested around £10,000 per annum in external tools to support accessibility audit and compliance across our websites.