Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for the Local Deprivation Explorer

This accessibility statement applies to the Local Deprivation Explorer at https://deprivation.communities.gov.uk/.

This website is run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. 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)

We’ve also strived to make 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:

• We haven't been able to achieve a 3:1 contrast ratio everywhere on the maps, but all the data on the map is available for download

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements or if you need information on this website in a different format, please email: [email protected].

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 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

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local 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

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.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Our maps do not meet the 3:1 contrast requirement set out in WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum).

Disproportionate burden

There's nothing that we are claiming would be a disproprtionate burden to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

We are not aware of any accessibility problems that fall outside the scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

In November 2025 we will seek to:

• monitor accessibility issues that we hear from feedback and that we identify using web analytics
• carry out another round of accessibility testing, including formal audit, and make accessibility improvements
• publish an accessibility report for this service (you will find a link to it at the bottom of this page)

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 30th October 2025. It was last reviewed on 30th October 2025.

This website was last tested on 30th October 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

This was an internal self assessment. We checked each web page against criteria in our accessibility checklist.