This accessibility statement applies to https://www.beststartinlife.gov.uk/.

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

• Zoom in up to 200% 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)

HM Government is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

www.beststartinlife.gov.uk is partially conformant with level AA of the WCAG 2.2 guidelines. Partially conformant means that some content or features do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers, developers and content producers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

Known Limitations

Some content or features are not yet fully-accessible, for the following reason(s):

• Some documents on our website are currently available only as PDFs, which may be incompatible with screen readers.
• Some images may not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information.

How We Are Going to Improve Accessibility

• We will add alternative text to all images on this site.
• We will make information available in additional formats, as well as in PDF format.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of www.beststartinlife.gov.uk. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers.