Accessibility statement for Scotland’s People

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

This website is run by National Records of Scotland. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • 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) 

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:

  • Older PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Some records in the form of images may not have sufficient text alternative

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us.

If you need information on this website in a different format 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, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

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.

Records

Some records in the form of images may not have sufficient text alternative.

PDFs and other documents

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.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We have remediated all other areas of non-compliance (aside from those mentioned above) with the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 30th August 2024. It was last reviewed on 6th December 2024 and again on 2nd May 2025.

This website was last tested on 23rd April against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The tests were carried out by CACI Ltd. and NRS.