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Web Standards

 
We are aiming to make this website accessible by following certain standards and Government guidelines to ensure that it can be used by everyone.
 
The site has been designed to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative's 'AA' standard. You can read more about this standard on the World Wide Web Consortium website.
 
W3C AA Accessibility
This logo appears on every page to indicate that the page has been designed to conform to the 'W3C' 'AA' accessibility standard.
 

Checking conformance

You can check any page on the site to make sure it conforms to the standards by clicking on the following logos which appear at the bottom of every page.
 
 W3C AA Accessibility
Until February 1 2008 you could click this logo at the bottom of a page to check via the 'Watchfire/WebXact' site that the page conformed to the 'W3C' 'AA' accessibility standard. This was a free service but it has now been taken over by IBM and is no longer available. A suitable replacement for this service has not yet been identified.
 
W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Logo 
Click this logo at the bottom of a page to check that the page is written in valid XHTML.
 
W3C Valid CSS Logo
Click this logo at the bottom of a page to check that the page uses a valid CSS stylesheet.
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