Accessibility
This accessibility statement applies to Apply to offer your home to someone from Ukraine.
This website is run by the Scottish Government. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. You should be able to:
- use your web browser to change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 300% without loss of information
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
- access the website using a mobile or tablet
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:
- Error messages are not associated with fields for completion, making it difficult for users of assistive technology to identify where the errors are.
- The back button behaviour is not consistent when a user has entered the address manually as it doesn’t return to the previous page.
Feedback and contact information
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email us with details of the problem you have encountered.
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
The Scottish Government is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
Not compliant with the accessibility regulations
Error messaging
Error messages are not associated with fields for completion, making it difficult for users of assistive technology to identify where the errors are (WCAG checkpoint 3.3.1 Error Identification).
Back button
The back button behaviour is not consistent when a user has entered the address manually as it doesn’t return to the previous page (WCAG checkpoint 3.2.3 Consistent navigation)
PDFs and other documents
Some document formats such as PDF, MS Word and Excel may not be fully accessible. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
Disproportionate burden
We are not claiming that any of our accessibility issues are disproportionate to fix.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and office file formats
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.
Where documents are updated and new PDF documents published, they will meet accessibility standards.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
As part of our work to improve the accessibility of this website, we are reviewing our policy on PDFs and other methods of delivering information with a view to making them as accessible as possible.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 10/10/2022. It was last reviewed on 07/12/2023.
This website was last tested on 07/12/2023 by the Scottish Government.
We are currently implementing changes based on this test and will update this page with new information about the improvements we make.
