The Devon County Council \u2018website\u2019 is made up of many separate websites and services, covering different areas of our work. Each website has its own accessibility statement, to ensure we can properly describe the accessibility for each site or service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This accessibility statement covers the Democracy in Devon website at www.devon.gov.uk\/democracy and does not cover the wider family of Devon County Council websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This website is run by Devon County Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The My Computer My Way guide from AbilityNet<\/a> is a step-by-step guide to help you make your device easier to use if you have a disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like information on our website translated into another language, you may find one of the services listed below meets your needs. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any external website or free website translators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under some circumstances, for example, if you cannot read the information easily in English, you can request information in a different language from us. This includes British Sign Language, easy read or a foreign language. Please contact our customer service centre<\/a> for advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This website has been developed to be as accessible as possible. However, we know some parts of this website aren\u2019t fully accessible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren\u2019t listed on this page or think we\u2019re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact us using the contact details at the end of this statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you\u2019re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Devon County Council is committed to making its website accessible, under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This website links to a third-party system which contains information about county councillors, committees and council meetings. This information is not fully accessible and work is being carried out on the system in order to improve its accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some documents published since September 2018 aren\u2019t fully accessible to screen reader software. These will be reviewed as soon as possible. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they\u2019re accessible to a screen reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they\u2019re not essential to providing our services. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few of our older videos lack captions and do not meet accessibility standards. The accessibility regulations do not require us to add captions to videos produced before 23 September 2020 if they\u2019re not essential to providing our services. Any new videos we publish will meet accessibility standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We publish a number of maps which are not fully accessible. The accessibility regulations do not require us to make maps accessible, although we take steps to make them and the information they contain as accessible as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This website may link to third-party, external websites or services that are not fully accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We provide training to all content authors to ensure new content is accessible. We monitor this website weekly and we aim to address any issues promptly. We will be reviewing this site regularly and updating this statement accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This statement was prepared on 24 July 2020. It was last reviewed on 11 September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every page of this website is scanned for WCAG 2.1 compliance issues using a third-party automated service on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTranslation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How accessible is this website?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What to do if you can\u2019t access parts of this website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Reporting accessibility problems with this website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Enforcement procedure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Technical information about this website\u2019s accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Compliance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Non-accessible content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
External links\/third-party system<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
PDFs and other documents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Content that\u2019s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
PDFs and other documents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Videos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Maps<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
External links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
What we\u2019re doing to improve accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Preparation of this accessibility statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n