The Accessibility Monitoring team at Government Digital Service (GDS) audits public sector websites and mobile applications (apps) to see if they meet

Accessibility audit of the Met Office app: outcomes and learnings

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The Accessibility Monitoring team at Government Digital Service (GDS) audits public sector websites and mobile applications (apps) to see if they meet The Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (“the accessibility regulations”).

Our work in monitoring compliance has a direct impact on enabling access to public services for anyone with access needs which often improves the experience for all. We inform organisations when they are not meeting their legal obligations, but this provides an important opportunity for growth and improvement for everyone involved.

It’s important to recognise the hard work that takes place across the public sector, particularly when organisations go above and beyond legal requirements.

One such organisation is the Met Office. Their Met Office weather app has over 5 million downloads on Android, and is the top ranking weather app in the UK on iOS.