Government Finance Profession

Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Standards & Compliance

GFP is committed to meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) when developing our website. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) that helps developers make web sites accessible to people with special needs, people with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments. Our website complies with the WCAG Priority 2 (AA) guidelines as a minimum. Below is a list of standards that we adhere to:-

• WCAG Priority 2 (AA)
• Section 508
• Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
• XHTML 1.0
• CSS 2.1

Accessibility Features:

Our websites are designed with the following accessibility features in mind:-

• Primary site navigation is located at the top of each page.
• Site "Quick Links" can be accessed in the header of every page
• Sitemap navigation is located at the bottom of each page.
• Secondary navigation elements are located on the left of each page.
• Navigation menus are marked up as HTML lists and styled with CSS.
• We use relative font sizes on our websites so text can be increased or decreased using your browser.
• Our website conforms to the XHTML 1.0 Transitional standard.
• Some links have 'title' attributes, which describes the link in more detail and provides context.
• Links on the same page with the same text, will always point to the same location unless differentiated with the 'title' attribute.
• To aid screen readers, forms have labels associated with their controls.
• We try to use clear and simple language.
• We use alternative ('alt') text for all our images that convey information to the user. The alt text we use provides context to the user. Images used for design purposes only, will have empty alternative text.
• This site utilises a small amount of JavaScript to enhance the user experience. If you your browser software does not fully support JavaScript or it has been disabled, the core functionality of the site will still be available.

Adobe PDF Reader

This site contains documents in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe PDF reader installed on your coomputer you can download it for free from the Adobe website. Download free Abode PDF reader.

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Access Keys

Most browsers support the use of access keys to immediately jump to specific parts of the website using the keyboard. This site follows the government recommendation for access keys which are listed below:-

• S - Skip navigation
• 1 - Home page
• 2 - What's new
• 3 - Sitemap
• 4 - Search
• 5 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• 6 - Help
• 7 - Complaints procedure
• 8 - Terms and conditions
• 9 - Feedback form
• 0 - Access key details

In addition to these we have access keys specific to our site and are listed below:-

• a - About Us?
• w - Knowledge Hub?
• n - News
• c - Contact Us

To invoke an access key requires pressing a specific keyboard combination, which depends on what type of web browser you are using.

• Internet Explorer - Alt & access key, followed by Enter.
• Firefox 1.5 and below, Mozilla, Netscape 6+ - Alt & access key.
• Firefox 2+ - Alt & Shift & access key.
• Opera (Windows and Macintosh) - Shift & Esc & access key.
• Macintosh browsers - Ctrl & access key.

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Browser Compatibility

This website has passed browser compatability testing in the following web browsers:

• Internet Explorer 6
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 8
• Firefox 2+
• Firefox 3+
• Opera 10
• Safari 4
• Google Chrome

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Keyboard Navigation

Popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox also come with keyboard shortcuts for website navigation:-

• Tab - Cycle forwards through hyperlinks and form controls.
• Shift & Tab - Cycle forwards through hyperlinks and form controls.
• Alt & Right Arrow - Forward movement through browser history.
• Alt & Left Arrow - Backward movement through browser history.
• Up Arrow - Scroll up a web page.
• Down Arrow - Scroll down a web page.
• Page Up - Screen scroll up web page.
• Page Down - Screen Scroll down web page.
• Home - Move to top of a web page.
• End - Move to bottom of a web page.

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Further information

If you would like further information about our accessibility or if you are experiencing problems with your website and require accessibility advice, please contact our accessibility team here via:-

Phone +44 (0)1603 591399
Email thegfp@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk

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