Accessibility statement for the HM Land Registry Design System

This accessibility statement applies to the HM Land Registry Design System.

The website is run by the HM Land Registry. 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 using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
  • access the website using a variety of devices, screen sizes and orientations

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. We only use a technical term if there are no alternative ways to describe something (without changing the meaning).

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:

  • with an increased text size, some text ‘overflows’ which means that words or sentences may be cut off and unreadable
  • tabbing on some pages may not be in the correct order
  • when tabbing, focus may be lost

Feedback and contact information

The HM Land Registry Design System team is always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think this website is not meeting accessibility requirements, email the HM Land Registry Design System team at hmlr-design-system-support@landregistry.gov.uk.

The HM Land Registry Design System team will review your request and get back to you in 2 working days.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

HM Land Registry 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

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

When browser text size is adjusted to 200% or ‘very large’, text ‘overflows’ which means that some words or sentences may be cut off and unreadable. This fails WCAG 2.2 Success criterion 1.4.10 (Reflow).

Some of the tabbing on the components pages is in the incorrect order. This fails WCAG 2.2 Success criterion 2.4.3 (Focus order).

When tabbing, the focus is also hidden on some pages. This fails WCAG 2.2 Success criterion 2.4.12 (Focus not obscured (enhanced)).

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We plan to investigate and resolve the non-accessible content by 31st March 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 2 August 2023. It was last reviewed on 3 September 2024.

This website was last tested on 2 November 2023 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by HM Land Registry. All the pages were tested using manual and automated testing tools by our website team.