Ms Mary Tallant:

I can talk about the code of practice for buildings, which is currently being drafted. We have not started monitoring in this regard. We are consulting on it publicly. All the Departments and public bodies, as well as those with disabilities, will be informed about the consultation. It went live yesterday. This week, those concerned will all receive an email allowing them to contribute their thoughts. The monitoring will start next year.

Last year we did monitoring concerning our code of practice on services and information. We investigated whether each body's access officer and his or her contact details were made available on its website in a clear fashion so somebody looking for support or information on any public service would know who to contact. We released our report to the Departments to inform them of our findings and we held a number of round-table events to raise awareness. We gave the Departments a chance to make improvements. We have received some information on these. I believe 40% of the bodies that did not have access officer contact details on their websites put those details in their public forums. Our report will be published and publicised later in the year. There are improvements.

We also monitor the accessibility of ICT. We are on to our second report, which I will hand over to Dr. Craddock to discuss.