Accessibility statement for Search the Domestic Homicide Review Library
This accessibility statement applies to the Search the Domestic Homicide Review Library, at homicide-review.homeoffice.gov.uk.
This website is run by the Home Office. 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 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)
We’ve also made 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 this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the non-accessible content section of this statement.
We cannot assure that all PDFs created before 2018 are accessible. To mitigate the impact of these non-accessible PDFs, please download and view in a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat DC reader, or other similar applications. Applications such as these have numerous built-in accessibility features that can be utilised.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
You can contact us by email at DHREnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
Telephone
You can contact us by phone on 020 7035 4848 (ask for the Interpersonal Abuse Unit)
Address
You can contact us by post at:
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 20 days.
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 check the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidance and report the problem using our contact information.
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).
If you are in Northern Ireland and are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland who are responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’) in Northern Ireland.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Home Office 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 2.1 AA standard, due to 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
We cannot assure that all PDFs added into the library are accessible due to some content being from the early 2000s. However, we can assure that any PDF created after 2018 is accessible.
PDFs may be scanned documents from a paper or tagged incorrectly, this will impact individuals using screen reading technologies. Please see what we have done below to mitigate this impact:
- PDF documents are essential to providing our services. We advise that when a PDF is found to be non-accessible, please download and use a PDF reader with built-in accessibility features. PDF readers can be used to make PDF documents more accessible. Please download the document and open with, for example: Adobe Acrobat Reader DS. This, and other similar applications have numerous built-in accessibility features that can be utilised
- Any PDFs that are deemed non-accessible that you wish to download and view can be requested through the Interpersonal Abuse Unit
Currently, we have not identified any other areas of the website that are non-compliant with the regulations or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (AA). If you find an issue that we have yet to identify, please contact us using one of the routes described in the Feedback and contact information section of this statement.
Disproportionate burden
At this time, we have not made any disproportionate burden claims.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared and reviewed on 25th November 2022.
This website was last tested on 31st October 2022.
Testing was carried out internally by the Home Office.
We tested the service based on a user’s ability to complete key journeys. All parts of the chosen journeys were tested, including documents. Journeys were chosen on a number of factors including usage statistics, risk assessments and subject matter.