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Parliament Petitions Service Accreditation

Digital Accessibility Centre Certificate of Accreditation

Accreditation Certificate Number:

Pment-Petitions/26

Client:

Parliamentary Digital Service

Project:

Parliament Petitions Service

Certificate issue date:

Certificate expiry date:

Certificate status:

Platform:

Desktop and Mobile

Certification

To achieve certification each service undergoes a manual technical compliance review against WCAG 2.2 to level AA.

The service underwent both a technical compliance audit and robust end to end testing with a wide range of disabilities including blind, low vision, dyslexia, colour blindness, mobility impairments, learning difficulties, Deaf, Asperger and anxiety and panic disorder.

All testing is carried out in line with relevant platform specific guidelines, and where applicable, conforms with The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Testing also conforms to Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

List of issues

High Priority (WCAG 2.2 A) and Medium Priority (WCAG 2.2 AA)

There are no known WCAG 2.2 A or AA accessibility issues.

Journey

  1. Home: https://dev.epetitions.website/
    1. Test the page
  2. Search results: https://dev.epetitions.website/petitions?q=bus
    1. Test the page
  3. Open petition: https://dev.epetitions.website/petitions/210932
    1. Test the page
    2. Select sign this petition button
  4. Are you a British citizen or UK resident?
    1. Test the page
    2. Select the yes radio button
    3. Select the continue button
  5. Confirm your details
    1. Test the page
    2. Enter dummy data for full name
    3. Enter DAC email address
    4. Enter DAC email address for confirm email address
    5. No need to change the location
    6. Enter SA10 6FG into postcode
    7. No need to check the checkbox
    8. Select the continue button
  6. Check and sign this petition
    1. Test the page
    2. Select sign petition button
  7. One more step…
    1. Test the page
    2. Select the link in email (out of scope)
  8. We’ve added your signature to the petition:
    1. Test the page
  9. Retain the powers of local planning committees on building applications. (Closed petition): https://dev.epetitions.website/petitions/208881
    1. Test the page
  10. Stop NHS cutting funding for Battens disease (Rejected petition): https://dev.epetitions.website/petitions/211168
    1. Test the page
  11.  How petitions work: https://dev.epetitions.website/help
    1. Test the page
  12. Petition standards: https://dev.epetitions.website/help#standards
    1. Test the page
  13. Start a petition: https://dev.epetitions.website/petitions/start
    1. Test the page
    2. Select the start a petition button
  14. Are you a British citizen or UK resident?
    1. Select the no radio button
    2. Select the continue button
  15. Sorry, you can’t create a petition
    1. Test the page
    2. Select the back button using the browser
  16. Are you a British citizen or UK resident?
    1. Select the yes radio button
    2. Select the continue button
  17. Petition title
    1. Test the page
    2. Enter dummy data into the textbox
    3. Select the continue button
  18. We checked for similar petitions
    1. Test the page
    2. Select the continue with my petition button
  19. Say what you want the UK Government or Parliament to do
    1. Test the page
    2. Enter dummy data into the textbox
    3. Select the continue button
  20. Add more information to your petition
    1. Test the page
    2. Enter dummy data into the textbox
    3. Select the continue button
  21. Confirm your details
    1. Enter dummy data into for full name
    2. Test the page
    3. Enter dummy data for full name
    4. Enter DAC email address
    5. Enter DAC email address for confirm email address
    6. No need to change the location
    7. Enter SA10 6FG into postcode
    8. No need to check the checkbox
    9. Select the continue button
  22. Check and sign this petition
    1. Test the page
    2. Select submit your petition button
  23. What happens next
    1. Test the page
  24. Cookies: https://dev.epetitions.website/cookies
    1. Test the page
  25. Privacy: https://dev.epetitions.website/privacy
    1. Test the page

Disclaimer:

This certificate was issued on the and represents the state of the pages audited on this date. Any further changes after the accreditation date are not covered by this certificate.

Additionally, any pages/areas of the website not listed the above scope of testing are also not covered by this certificate as we cannot guarantee their accessibility state.

We audit against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v2.2 level A and level AA to test how accessible the website is, using theWebsite Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) to evaluate conformance.