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Accessibility statement for the Regulated Professions Register

This accessibility statement applies to the Regulated Professions Register (RPR) at https://www.regulated-professions.service.gov.uk.

This website is run by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). 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 300% 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:

  • elements receive keyboard focus even if they are hidden on the page
  • some links are not descriptive of their purpose/destination
  • status messages are not announced to users

Feedback and contact information

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, contact: RPR@businessandtrade.gov.uk.

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

The Department for Business and Trade 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 listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Cookie banner elements receive keyboard focus even if they are hidden on the page. As a result, the content order is not matched. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A) and 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A).

Some links are not descriptive of their purpose/destination. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A) and 2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only) (Level AAA).

Status messages cannot be programmatically determined through role or properties in order that they can be presented to users by assistive technologies without receiving focus. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA).

We plan to fix these accessibility issues by August 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 17 March 2022. It was last reviewed on 18 February 2025.

This website was last tested on 31 October 2024. The test was carried out by the Digital Accessibility Centre.

We chose to test based on common user journeys that provided us with a realistic sample of pages and comprehensive choice of interface components used throughout the service. This included testing for both the front end and admin pages of the service.