Asked by: Lord Shinkwin (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of literature reviews commissioned by the Cabinet Office.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lord Shinkwin (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to monitor the public sector’s compliance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018; and what have been the findings of any compliance monitoring exercises so far.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations, came into force in September 2018. They aim to ensure public sector websites and mobile apps are accessible to all users.
In May 2020, Government Digital Service (GDS) began monitoring a sample of public sector websites using a combination of automated and manual audits. GDS also monitors websites where complaints have been sent to the Equality Advisory and Support Service and the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland.
More information on how GDS monitors the accessibility of public sector organisations websites can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-sector-website-and-mobile-application-accessibility-monitoring
GDS is creating an independent group of stakeholders consisting of organisations who represent the interests of users with a wide range of access needs to help aid GDS’s accessibility monitoring duty as well as ensuring that website users and the wider accessibility community’s views are heard.
Asked by: Lord Shinkwin (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of public sector bodies’ compliance with the Public Sector (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, now that the 23 September 2020 deadline has passed.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is testing websites in accordance with the Accessibility Regulations.
GDS will periodically publish information about their monitoring. GDS will also, on behalf of the Minister for the Cabinet Office, publish a list of websites with non-compliant accessibility statements.
GDS encourages organisations to engage with them to increase the accessibility of their websites for users.
Asked by: Lord Shinkwin (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the consultation Social Value in Government Procurement, which ended on 10 June 2019.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Government's response was unfortunately delayed due to Covid-19. We will announce further details of our revised timings in the usual way.