Accessibility
We have tried to make this site accessible to everybody, regardless of what browsing device is used. If you find something that needs improvement to make the site even more accessible, please let us know.
Accesskeys
To help you to navigate through the main areas of this web site using keyboard shortcuts we have enabled accesskeys. The ones we have used are:
- j - Navigation
- 1 - Home page
- 3 - Sitemap
- 8 - Legal
- 9 - Contact us
- 0 - Accessibility
Unfortunately you can only use accesskeys on Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 and above, and Netscape 6 and above (including Firefox and Mozilla). With Windows-based systems you will need to press the 'Alt key' and then access key number or letter. With Macintosh based systems you need to press the 'Ctrl key' and the access key number or letter.
Text Size
We have coded our pages so that it should be possible for you to easily increase or decrease the size of the site's text using your browser's built in controls, or by using the following keyboard shortcut.
Shortcuts to increase or decrease text size in Internet Explorer
- Select the 'View' menu within your Internet Explorer browser.
- Select 'Text Size' from the menu - another menu listing possible sizes will appear. Select the option that you require.
Keyboard shortcuts to increase or decrease text size in other internet browsers
- Smaller : Ctrl and -
- Larger : Ctrl and +
PDF Documents
We have tried to provide documents, reports and publications in HTML and, where appropriate, as PDF.
Files in this format will have the PDF symbol 
next to them. To view and print PDF files, you must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed: to download this product for free please use the link below:
http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep.html
If you cannot use Acrobat Reader to see these documents (for example, if you use screen reader software or an audio-enabled web browser), Adobe provide a free online tool which converts them to text.
To use this service, send the web address (URL) of the Adobe Acrobat document you want to read through the web form at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
The service will return the document to you as a web page (HTML) or as plain text. Alternatively you can choose to get it emailed to you as an attachment.