Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to www.spa.police.uk

This website is run by the Scottish Police Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• 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).

We’ve also sought to make the website text as simple as possible to understand. AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible is this website?

The site pages are W3C web standards compliant and most can be:

• Zoomed in on
• The user can move about the page and interact with keyboard only
• Have more than one form of navigation
• Use meaningful link titles and image alt tags
• Form fields behave as expected and can be used without a mouse.

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

• most PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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, please complete the form below.

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

The Authority 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 (WCAG) A and AA success criteria, with 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

PDFs uploaded prior to 31 December 2023 may contain incorrect document mark-up/structure (WCAG 2.2 AA Success Criterion 2.4.10 Section Headings). Since 31 December 2024, we aim to make accessible HTML content available where any PDFs do not comply with standards. 

In addition, some PDF diagrams may not be suitable for assistive technology (WCAG 2.2 AA Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content). Since 31 December 2023, we aim to make the content of any diagrams available in HTML format. 

Content that is not within the scope of the 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:

• We are reviewing HTML page mark up to ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.
• We are reviewing our use of language to make content easy to understand.
• We will work with our development team to look at implementing functional/template changes as required.
• We will work with departments that produce PDFs/Word documents to ensure compliance.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

Accessibility tests by the Government Digital Service and Cabinet Office to check against WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria were carried out on 23 July 2026.

A mixture of manual checks and automated tests were used to find the barriers to users with accessibility needs.

Manual checks included using each page without a mouse, viewing the page at different zoom settings, and simulating viewing the page on a small screen.

The automated tests were completed using the latest version of Axe.

Tests were completed using different settings in the Google Chrome browser on Mac OSX with a 13 inch screen.

This statement was prepared on 15 September 2026 and will be reviewed by 15 September 2027.

Ongoing internal reviews are conducted on content published to this website and design system components used to construct the site. These include:

• Using the Google Lighthouse tool to run our own accessibility audits as a spot-check measure on individual pages.
• Carrying out two-hourly dip samples every six months.

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