This accessibility statement applies to the StatsWales website and content.

Using this website

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

• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• use most of the website using a screen reader

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.

These include:

• some images do not include alternative text descriptions
• some tables lack titles and descriptions
• some tables contain split cells, merged cells or nested tables

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please contact us by email or call us on 0300 025 5050.

In order to help us provide the information in a format that meets your needs, please tell us the format or document type you would like to receive. If you use any assistive technologies, please tell us what they are.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, please contact us.

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, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Welsh Government 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:

Some images may not include alternative text descriptions. We aim to provide alternative text for images and tables used on the StatsWales site, however there may be instances where these have not yet been provided. The current StatsWales site will be retired by 2023, after which the replacement service will provide alternative text descriptions for all images. When we publish new content for the current site we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards. If you should discover an image without an alternative text description, please contact us.

Some tables may not include titles or descriptions. We aim to provide titles and descriptions for tables used on the StatsWales site, however there may be instances where these have not yet been provided. The current StatsWales site will be retired by 2023, after which the replacement service will provide titles and descriptions for all tables. When we publish new content on the current site we’ll make sure our tables meet accessibility standards. If you should discover a table without a title or description, please contact us.

Some tables may contain split cells, merged cells or nested tables. We aim to avoid using split cells, merged cells or nested tables within tables on the StatesWales site, however there may be instances where these occur. The current StatsWales site will be retired by 2023, after which the replacement service will not contain split cells, merged cells or nested tables. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our tables meet accessibility standards. If you should discover any instances of split cells, merged cells or nested tables within tables or StatsWales, please contact us.

Content that’s not within scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our Excel documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have Excel documents which allow users to view, manipulate, create and download tables from Welsh data. By 2023, we plan to improve the accessibility of all essential Excel documents on StatsWales.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix National Survey for Wales results, 2014-15: Arts, heritage, museums.

Any new Excel documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 03 August 2021.

This website was last tested in August 2020. The test was carried out using the Lighthouse Accessibility audit tool.

We tested our main website platform, available at https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue