November 2009/UK Local Government
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
19 Nov 2009
- Total URLs tested:
912,011
- Total tests run:
297,332,945
- Total number of PDF's:
35,745
- URLs failing functional tests:
3.06%
- Pages failing code standards:
56.04%
- Pages missing a title:
0.68%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
4.95%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
77.30%
- Poorest code quality:
St Albans (http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/) - 59,248 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Newry and Mourne (http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.
This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).
| Organisation | Avg. Response | Download (kB/s) |
|---|---|---|
| Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards | ||
| Organisation | A | AA |
|---|---|---|
| Barking & Dagenham | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Great Yarmouth | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Hyndburn | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Salford | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Slough | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Thurrock | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Adur | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Herefordshire | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Mid Sussex | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| North Devon | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Surrey Heath | 100.00 | 99.20 |
| Brentwood | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| Broxtowe | 100.00 | 98.40 |
| Hounslow | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Liverpool | 100.00 | 97.60 |
| Merton | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 100.00 | 96.80 |
| Eden | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Gwynedd | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Tameside | 100.00 | 96.00 |
| Calderdale | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Elmbridge | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| North Tyneside | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| Stroud | 100.00 | 95.20 |
| South Ayrshire | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Torbay | 100.00 | 94.40 |
| Rossendale | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Runnymede | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Woking | 100.00 | 93.60 |
| Argyll & Bute | 100.00 | 92.00 |
| Derbyshire | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Kirklees | 100.00 | 90.40 |
| Hillingdon | 100.00 | 89.60 |
| Gedling | 100.00 | 88.00 |
| Taunton Deane | 100.00 | 88.00 |
| Camden | 100.00 | 87.20 |
| New Forest | 100.00 | 87.20 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 100.00 | 86.40 |
| Barnsley | 100.00 | 85.60 |
| Sunderland | 100.00 | 85.60 |
| Teignbridge | 100.00 | 84.80 |
| Aberdeen | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| Waltham Forest | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| York | 100.00 | 84.00 |
| Blaby | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| Charnwood | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| Erewash | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| North Down | 100.00 | 83.20 |
| Shepway | 100.00 | 80.00 |
| Southampton | 100.00 | 80.00 |
| Highland | 100.00 | 79.20 |
| Shropshire | 100.00 | 77.60 |
| Eastleigh | 100.00 | 76.80 |
| City of London | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| South Holland | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| Spelthorne | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| Stafford | 100.00 | 76.00 |
| Bracknell Forest | 100.00 | 75.20 |
| Braintree | 100.00 | 72.00 |
| South Tyneside | 100.00 | 71.20 |
| Mansfield | 100.00 | 70.40 |
| Torfaen | 100.00 | 68.80 |
| Colchester | 100.00 | 66.40 |
| Trafford | 100.00 | 66.40 |
| North Lanarkshire | 100.00 | 64.80 |
| Bexley | 100.00 | 63.20 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 100.00 | 62.40 |
| South Derbyshire | 100.00 | 62.40 |
| South Somerset | 100.00 | 62.40 |
| Birmingham | 100.00 | 61.60 |
| Sedgemoor | 100.00 | 60.00 |
| Fareham | 100.00 | 59.20 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 100.00 | 58.40 |
| Bristol | 100.00 | 58.40 |
| East Renfrewshire | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Isles of Scilly | 100.00 | 57.60 |
| Sheffield | 100.00 | 56.80 |
| Castle Point | 100.00 | 56.00 |
| East Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 56.00 |
| States of Jersey | 100.00 | 55.20 |
| Lancaster | 100.00 | 52.80 |
| Hastings | 100.00 | 51.20 |
| Vale of White Horse | 100.00 | 50.40 |
| Basildon | 100.00 | 48.80 |
| North Ayrshire | 100.00 | 48.00 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 100.00 | 45.60 |
| South Ribble | 100.00 | 45.60 |
| Enfield | 100.00 | 42.40 |
| Test Valley | 100.00 | 42.40 |
| West Oxfordshire | 100.00 | 42.40 |
| Ceredigion | 100.00 | 40.00 |
| Luton | 100.00 | 40.00 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 100.00 | 37.60 |
| Hinckley & Bosworth | 100.00 | 35.20 |
| Milton Keynes | 100.00 | 34.40 |
| Torridge | 100.00 | 30.40 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 100.00 | 27.20 |
| Aberdeenshire | 100.00 | 23.20 |
| Buckinghamshire | 100.00 | 22.40 |
| Cherwell | 100.00 | 19.20 |
| Chorley | 100.00 | 19.20 |
| Carlisle | 100.00 | 18.40 |
| Rochford | 100.00 | 17.60 |
| Redbridge | 100.00 | 16.80 |
| Leicester | 100.00 | 15.20 |
| Wakefield | 100.00 | 15.20 |
| North East Derbyshire | 100.00 | 12.80 |
| Cannock Chase | 100.00 | 9.60 |
| West Lothian | 100.00 | 9.60 |
| Wyre | 100.00 | 9.60 |
| Hartlepool | 100.00 | 7.20 |
| Rushmoor | 100.00 | 6.40 |
| North Warwickshire | 100.00 | 4.00 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 100.00 | 4.00 |
| Fylde | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Newtownabbey | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| Wrexham | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| North Hertfordshire | 100.00 | 2.40 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| North West Leicestershire | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 100.00 | 1.60 |
| Ards | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Cheshire West | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Chesterfield | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Dover | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Falkirk | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Hampshire | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Scarborough | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Stirling | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Tandridge | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Watford | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Allerdale | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Amber Valley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Angus | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Antrim | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Armagh | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ashford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ballymoney | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bassetlaw | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bedford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Belfast | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bolsover | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Boston | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bradford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bromley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Bromsgrove | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Broxbourne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chelmsford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Chichester | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Conwy | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Copeland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Craven | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Cumbria | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dartford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Derby | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dorset | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dudley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Dungannon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ealing | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Devon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Lindsey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Northamptonshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| East Sussex | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Eastbourne | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Epsom & Ewell | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Fife | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest Heath | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Forest of Dean | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Gateshead | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Gloucester | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hambleton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Haringey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Harlow | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Hart | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Havering | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Inverclyde | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ipswich | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kent | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Knowsley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lambeth | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Leeds | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Limavady | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincoln | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Maidstone | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Malvern Hills | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Melton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Monmouthshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Moray | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Kesteven | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Lincolnshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| North Somerset | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Nottinghamshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Oadby & Wigston | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Pembrokeshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Perth & Kinross | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Peterborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Poole | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Powys | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Redditch | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Renfrewshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rugby | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rushcliffe | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rutland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ryedale | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sefton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sevenoaks | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Gloucestershire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Hams | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Lakeland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Staffordshire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stevenage | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Strabane | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Suffolk | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Surrey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Sutton | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Swindon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Three Rivers | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Tower Hamlets | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Uttlesford | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Waverley | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wellingborough | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| West Lancashire | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| West Lindsey | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Westminster | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Weymouth & Portland | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wirral | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wychavon | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wycombe | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Wyre Forest | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| South Norfolk | 99.20 | 96.00 |
| Oldham | 99.20 | 84.00 |
| Portsmouth | 99.20 | 79.20 |
| Mendip | 99.20 | 75.20 |
| Hertfordshire | 99.20 | 74.40 |
| St Helens | 99.20 | 73.60 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 99.20 | 68.80 |
| Norwich | 99.20 | 64.80 |
| Carrickfergus | 99.20 | 62.40 |
| Lewes | 99.20 | 61.60 |
| Canterbury | 99.20 | 60.00 |
| Lancashire | 99.20 | 56.00 |
| Mid Devon | 99.20 | 47.20 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 99.20 | 44.00 |
| Gloucestershire | 99.20 | 41.60 |
| Thanet | 99.20 | 40.80 |
| Shetland Islands | 99.20 | 26.40 |
| Brighton and Hove | 99.20 | 18.40 |
| Exeter | 99.20 | 17.60 |
| Chiltern | 99.20 | 15.20 |
| Horsham | 99.20 | 15.20 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 99.20 | 4.80 |
| Rotherham | 99.20 | 2.40 |
| Babergh | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Caerphilly | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Omagh | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Somerset | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Cambridgeshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cheltenham | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cheshire East | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Cookstown | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Crawley | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Croydon | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Down | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Durham | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| East Hampshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Greenwich | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Hull | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Mid Suffolk | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Newry and Mourne | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| North Dorset | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Oxford | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Preston | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Purbeck | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| South Oxfordshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| St Albans | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Tendring | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Warwick | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| West Berkshire | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Wigan | 98.70 | 0.00 |
| Solihull | 98.40 | 82.40 |
| Brent | 98.40 | 66.40 |
| East Lothian | 98.40 | 64.00 |
| Wandsworth | 98.40 | 51.20 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 98.40 | 32.80 |
| Richmondshire | 98.40 | 10.40 |
| Daventry | 98.40 | 5.60 |
| Isle of Wight | 98.40 | 5.60 |
| Burnley | 98.40 | 4.00 |
| Blackpool | 98.40 | 0.80 |
| Banbridge | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Barnet | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Bolton | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Bury | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Cornwall | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Coventry | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Fermanagh | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Guildford | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Harrogate | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Leicestershire | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Lisburn | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Middlesbrough | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Northumberland | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Nottingham | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Reading | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| Rother | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| South Bucks | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| South Kesteven | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| North Yorkshire | 97.60 | 82.40 |
| Manchester | 97.60 | 60.80 |
| Orkney | 97.60 | 55.20 |
| Worcester | 97.60 | 0.80 |
| Breckland | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Craigavon | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Dacorum | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| King's Lynn & West Norfolk | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Lewisham | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| London Mayor | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Oxfordshire | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Plymouth | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Worcestershire | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 96.80 | 45.60 |
| North Norfolk | 96.80 | 24.00 |
| High Peak | 96.80 | 20.00 |
| Basingstoke & Deane | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Cardiff | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Corby | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Denbighshire | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Epping Forest | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Hackney | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| South Northamptonshire | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Tewkesbury | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Wolverhampton | 96.00 | 48.80 |
| Northampton | 96.00 | 16.80 |
| Newport | 96.00 | 3.20 |
| Cambridge | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Glasgow | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Gravesham | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Hertsmere | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Pendle | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Sandwell | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Swansea | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Essex | 95.24 | 0.00 |
| Havant | 95.20 | 0.80 |
| Carmarthenshire | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Coleraine | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Cotswold | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Islington | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| St Edmundsbury | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Winchester | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 94.40 | 22.40 |
| Moyle | 94.40 | 8.00 |
| Gosport | 94.40 | 0.80 |
| Broadland | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Maldon | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Darlington | 93.60 | 80.00 |
| Worthing | 93.60 | 9.60 |
| Southwark | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Fenland | 92.80 | 19.20 |
| Edinburgh | 92.80 | 4.00 |
| Ashfield | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Walsall | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Wokingham | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Magherafelt | 91.20 | 0.80 |
| Scottish Borders | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Dundee | 90.40 | 2.40 |
| Doncaster | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Warwickshire | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| West Somerset | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| West Sussex | 89.60 | 41.60 |
| Lichfield | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Medway | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Wiltshire | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Swale | 88.80 | 0.00 |
| Harrow | 87.20 | 41.60 |
| Tamworth | 86.40 | 0.80 |
| Kettering | 85.60 | 0.80 |
| Halton | 85.60 | 0.00 |
| Midlothian | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Northamptonshire | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 84.00 | 60.00 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 83.20 | 6.40 |
| Castlereagh | 82.40 | 0.00 |
| Newham | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Stockport | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Arun | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Larne | 73.60 | 0.00 |
| Mole Valley | 72.80 | 0.00 |
| Warrington | 60.80 | 0.00 |
| Bridgend | 43.20 | 0.80 |
| Ballymena | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| Staffordshire | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| Wealden | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Flintshire | 3.20 | 0.80 |
| East Staffordshire | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| West Devon | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Bournemouth | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Derry | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Waveney | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| East Ayrshire | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Devon | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Norfolk | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Selby | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- Barking & Dagenham
- Blaby
- Broxbourne
- City of London
- East Renfrewshire
- Elmbridge
- Hounslow
- North Down
- Runnymede
- South Ribble
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wakefield
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Devon
- Huntingdonshire
- Norfolk
- Selby
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Clackmannanshire
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- South Lanarkshire
PDF testing
28.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.
Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
33.29% |
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
28.48% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
24.47% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
4.22% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
2.93% |
| url/fetch/exception Exception while downloading file |
2.50% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
1.71% |
| url/fetch/noeoh No end-of-headers found in HTTP response |
1.10% |
| url/fetch/badscheme URL scheme was unrecognised |
0.61% |
| url/fetch/connref Connection refused by server |
0.23% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
26.88% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
26.84% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
11.59% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
10.69% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
4.89% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
4.84% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.61% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
2.36% |
| file/html/unnecessaryclose An end tag was found for an element which does not require one |
2.31% |
| file/url/badquery Illegal character in URL query section |
2.20% |