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Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry website which is available at 
https://www.shekubayohinquiry.scot/

This website is run by the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry. 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 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 have 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 is this website?

The majority of this website is fully accessible. However, we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • Some publications are not written in plain English.
  • Some older publications are in PDF format and are not accessible to everyone.

 

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’).

 

PDF documents

We host a number of PDF documents. To download these documents, you may need Adobe Acrobat reader.

To download this software visit the Adobe website: Adobe website

 

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, email enquiries@shekubayohinquiry.scot.

We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you in two weeks.

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Sheku Bayoh Inquiry 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

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

 

Non-accessible content

At the last test there were no areas of content found to be inaccessible to users of assistive technology.

We plan to ensure that information updates to the site are provided and laid out in an accessible manner for all users and that all information is available to sighted and screen reader users.
 

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

Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared in February 2025.

This website was last tested in February 2025. The test was carried out by Union Digital.

The accessibility statement was prepared by testing a random sampling of pages which were representative of all available content types on the website. These pages were tested on a variety of internet browsers including Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and a variety of devices, including Macbook, Windows Parallels and iPhone. Testing was done against the WCAG 2.2 success criteria.