Cookies and cookie policy
1. Does your website currently have third party cookies?
Yes.

2. What does your website currently use cookies for?
Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products.

3. Do you have a cookie policy in place?
Yes.

4. Do you currently ask for users’ consent before setting any cookies that are non essential to providing the service?
Yes.

Website design
5. Has your local council website been evaluated against the government’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? If not, are there plans to do so in the next 12 months?
Yes.

6. How much have you invested in the past a) 12 months and b) in total, to make your council’s website accessible?
Within the last 12 months we have undertaken a full accessibility audit, by an external agency, against the WCAG Guidelines 2.1 AA and we are currently working on improvement plan to ensure areas of non-compliance are investigated further and adjustments made where necessary. We have also employed a new Senior UX/UI specialist who has considerable experience in online accessibility. Website team staff also regularly assess the site using a variety of tools and recently undertook additional training relating to the WCAG guidelines.