Response A1345494

Response to request for information

Reference

A1345494

Response date

20 August 2021

Request

Information regarding user engagement and your use of open source and open standards for your digital services?

User engagement

• - When did you last conduct research into how your website users are accessing digital services?
• - How has your digital uptake increased over the past 12 months (as measured by the government's guidelines)?

Open source and open standards

• - What percentage of your source code your council develops - or which is developed on your behalf by external parties - is made open?
• - What percentage of your components are standard government technology components?

Is your website designed using open standards for government?

Response

User engagement

• - When did you last conduct research into how your website users are accessing digital services? March 2021
• - How has your digital uptake increased over the past 12 months (as measured by the government's guidelines)? There has been an increase but partially fuelled by the Pandemic.

Open source and open standards

• - What percentage of your source code your council develops - or which is developed on your behalf by external parties - is made open? All HTML and CSS can be viewed by the user.
• - What percentage of your components are standard government technology components? Unable to specify a percentage – we use principles with any new developments.
  
  

Is your website designed using open standards for government? New developments will follow all gov.uk standards.