(PRLEAP.COM) 1 OVERVIEW OF FINDINGS
Top of the league and the best site overall was the Child Support Agency (www.csa.gov.uk). At the bottom of the table representing the poorest site overall was Tracking Drugs (www.drugs.gov.uk).

1.1 Website Function
 1 site was error free this month, Direct Gov and 11 sites had 10 errors or less. The site with the highest number of errors was Tracking Drugs with nearly 800.

1.2 Website Compliance
 HTML – The site with the lowest number of warnings [HTML standards compliance with the requirements laid down by W3C and IETF] was the Child Support Agency with 6. HM Customs and Excise had the poorest HTML, with nearly 50,000 failures.
 Accessibility – 15 sites scored 100% and 39 sites scored 90%+ on the automated tests looking at the requirements of Priority 1 (A) accessibility. 7 sites had less than 1% compliance when tested against the mandatory requirements for Priority 1 accessibility.
 The range of tests [Web Accessibility Initiative WAI] that can be completed automatically are limited, 100% compliance with the automated tests does not mean 100% compliance to the requirements.

1.3 Website Performance
 19 sites passed all basic speed tests, looking at first page download and simulated as being viewed by users with home [56k], ADSL [512k] and corporate access [1mb].
 The site with the slowest download speed was ECGD; Small Business Service had the fastest download and was 70 times faster than ECGD
 The site with the slowest response time was Rail Reg; Transport for London had the fastest response time and was 328 times faster than Rail Reg.