UK public-sector accessibility testing API

Integrate a current UK public-sector profile into publishing and supplier acceptance for assets declared to fall within England, Scotland, or Wales. The API gives each scan a technical lineage and sample identity; the organization still owns representative monitoring, mobile apps, feedback, and statement accuracy.

For UK public bodies, digital agencies, and suppliers maintaining accessible services

API profileuk-psbar-current@2026.2
Illustrative request202 Accepted
POST /v1/scans
Idempotency-Key: housing-service:key-journey:application

{
  "asset": {
    "type": "url",
    "url": "https://council.example/housing/apply"
  },
  "profiles": [
    "uk-psbar-current@2026.2"
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "sample_id": "housing-service:key-journey:application"
  }
}
queuedid: scn_01J…profile resolved
Technical target
Current WCAG 2.2 AA operational profile
Asset scope
Website, HTML, PDF, or DOCX
Boundary
One asset is not representative monitoring

Keep the sample plan attached to every result.

An asset-level scan becomes more useful when the monitoring team can place it within a service, template, journey, supplier, and review period.

Profile
uk-psbar-current@2026.2
Body
Customer-declared public-sector organization
Service
Housing applications
Sample
Key journey · application start
Supplier
delivery-partner:release-31
Review period
2026 Q3 monitoring cycle

Move from supplier preview to statement evidence.

Use stable identifiers so the same technical result can support delivery checks, remediation tracking, and periodic statement review.

  1. Accept

    Check the supplier release candidate

    Scan agreed page and document states before publication and return new blockers with evidence.

  2. Monitor

    Repeat the selected technical sample

    Keep profile and source changes visible across monitoring periods rather than comparing scores alone.

  3. Reconcile

    Review statement and feedback records

    Join scan history to manual tests, mobile coverage, known issues, requests, and remediation plans.

Show the monitoring team what changed in the selected sample.

A pinned comparison makes remediation progress inspectable without presenting one sampled asset as a representative audit.

Baseline
2026 Q2 sample
Current
2026 Q3 sample
New technical findings1
Resolved barriers4
Recurring findings2
Manual checkpointsopen

Sample requires remediation and statement reconciliation

Inspect the policy behind the API profile.

Before UK public sector becomes a production gate, review its source mapping, supported input, automation boundary, and required human checks.

Put the UK public sector API in the path you already own.

Start with one asset flow, pin the profile, and keep evidence and unresolved human work attached to every result.

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Automated preflight is not an accessibility certification or legal determination.