Dear Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

Please can you provide the total spend on accessibility testing, accessibility audits and disabled user testing carried out within your department broken down by supplier for the last three years.

Please can you also provide a breakdown of all spend for the last three years with the following organisations:
AbilityNet
Dig Inclusion Ltd
Digital Accessibility Centre Limited (DAC)
React Accessibility
Recite Me Ltd
Test Partners Ltd
Tetralogical
The Accessible Digital Documents Company Ltd
Shaw Trust Accessibility Services
Zimo Accessibility
Open Inclusion
Hassell Inclusion
SimpleUsability
Axeccessibility Ltd
Hex Productions
AccessEquals
Able AI

Yours faithfully,

Sam Reed

SM-Defra-Helpline, Defra (MCU), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Defra Information Rights Team,

Dear Sam Reed,

Thank you for your email of 16 July, requesting information on
Accessibility Expenditure And Disabled User Testing Over Last 3 Years.

We aim to answer your request no later than 17th August, which is 20
working days from the date we received it. If we are unable to meet this
deadline we will contact you to explain the reason.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact us.

Yours sincerely

Jack Davies

Information Rights Team

[email address]

Defra Information Rights Team,

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Dear Sam Reed,

Please find attached the response to your request of 16th July for
information on Accessibility Expenditure.

Yours sincerely

Mark Shotton

Information Rights Team

[email address]