Accessibility update

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Accessibility Consultancy

Dear Northamptonshire County Council,

Please supply the following information under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000

The Equality Act 2010 (Section 88 Schedule 10) requires all Local

Authorities responsible for schools to create, amend and keep up
to
 date an Accessibility Strategy.



1. Please confirm whether you have a current Accessibility Strategy
pursuant to the Equality
 Act 2010.

2. If you do not have an up to date Accessibility Strategy please
confirm what steps are being taken to address this breach of the
Act, and who is responsible for managing this process. Please
supply contact details for this officer.

3. If you have an up to date accessibility strategy, does it cover
in its content, provision for addressing web accessibility.

4. Does the strategy refer to any British Standards in regards to
web accessibility (eg BS8878) – if so how.

5. Does the strategy refer to any International standards in
regards to web accessibility (eg W3C WAI WCAG 2.0) – if so how.

6. Do you have any additional charters or policy commitments in
regards to web accessibility – please supply these in an accessible
electronic form

7. If you have an up to date Accessibility Strategy please provide
a URL where it is published. If it is not available to the general
public please supply this in an accessible electronic form.

Yours faithfully,

Accessibility Consultancy

Freedom of Information, Northamptonshire County Council

Freedom of Information Request: FR3655
I am writing to acknowledge your request for information dated 05/09/2012.
Our team is dealing with your request and we will be in contact with you soon. If you have any queries about this email, please contact us quoting the reference FR3655 in any future communications.
You should expect a further response within 20 working days.

Tracey Gilkes
Admin
Northamptonshire County Council
Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement
Ground Floor, John Dryden House
8-10 The Lakes
Bedford Road
Northampton
NN4 7YD

t : 01604 367407
e: [Northamptonshire County Council request email]

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Gillian Hollowell, Northamptonshire County Council

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Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer

Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement

Northamptonshire County Council

Ground Floor

John Dryden House

8-10 The Lakes

Bedford Road

Northampton NN4 7YD

Tel: 01604 367407
Fax: 01604 237004

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Accessibility Consultancy

Dear Northamptonshire County Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Northamptonshire County Council's handling of my FOI request 'Accessibility update'.

The response to my request received today contained an Accessibility Strategy document that is not up-to-date as required by the request (currency ends June 2012). The request specifically asked questions that clarified matters around what steps were being taken to update an out-of-date strategy - these have not been answered. I would be grateful if you would please supply the information requested in the original request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ac...

Yours faithfully,

Accessibility Consultancy

Accessibility Consultancy left an annotation ()

The response to this request contained an out-of-date Accessibility Strategy which implies a breach of the Equality Act 2010. As well as the request to internal review (which asked questions on what steps were being taken to deal with an out-of-date strategy) a formal complaint has been made to the Chief Executive of the Council (copied to the Leader) that could pressage a referral to the ombudsman or commissioner.

Gillian Hollowell, Northamptonshire County Council

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Kind regards

 

Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer

Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement

Northamptonshire County Council

Ground Floor

John Dryden House

8-10 The Lakes

Bedford Road

Northampton NN4 7YD

Tel: 01604 367407
Fax: 01604 237004

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Kind regards

 

Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer

Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement

Northamptonshire County Council

Ground Floor

John Dryden House

8-10 The Lakes

Bedford Road

Northampton NN4 7YD

Tel: 01604 367407
Fax: 01604 237004

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Kind regards

 

Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer

Business Intelligence and Performance Improvement

Northamptonshire County Council

Ground Floor

John Dryden House

8-10 The Lakes

Bedford Road

Northampton NN4 7YD

Tel: 01604 367407
Fax: 01604 237004

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