This accessibility statement applies to the Royal Navy website at https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
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 via the methods set out on our contact page here.
We'll consider your request and get back to you in 20 working days.
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us here.
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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
The Royal Navy is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). We plan to retroactively add text alternatives for all images as well as when we publish new content.
Many link buttons do not use descriptive text so the purpose of the link is not always obvious. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 (Link Purpose, in context). We plan on carrying out an audit to determine how many link buttons are affected and implementing a suitable plan to resolve the issue.
Tabbing (keyboard navigation and focus) isn't very clear on some newer components on the Homepage. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard).
It is not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping. We have assessed the effort required to resolve the issues when changing text size and line height. The perceived impact to website users is low and we believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
Most issues caused by this can be overcome by setting your desired levels before the page loads.
PDFS and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By December 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
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. For example, we do not plan to 'fix sample-pdf-brochure.pdf'.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Our accessibility roadmap shows how and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website.
In the past year we have fixed a large amount of non-compliances, including but not limited to:
This statement was prepared on Wednesday 23rd September 2020. It was last reviewed on Wednesday 23rd September 2020.
This website was last tested on Monday 21st September 2020. The test was carried out by Great State.
In order to decide what to test we used a sample of page templates and components from a cross-section of the website that represent key user journeys.