Lancashire Open Data - data.gov.uk

School Crossings - data.gov.uk

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Spend Over £25k 2020-21 - data.gov.uk

Cookies on GOV.UK - data.gov.uk

Public Attitudes to Science - data.gov.uk

WODC Brownfield Register - data.gov.uk

All table headers should define a valid `scope` attribute, which tells assistive technologies
what the header refers to.

For example:

```html
<table>
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th scope="col">Name</th>
        <th scope="col">Age</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>Bob</td>
        <td>35</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Sue</td>
        <td>45</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
```

In this example, the `scope` attribute indicates the two `<th>` cells are column 
headers, which allows assistive technologies to read out those headers alongside
each `<td>` cell. 

Without this information, the structure of the table is only apparent to people
who are able to see it.

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February 2026

January 2026

Data

Title / URL	Issues
Lancashire Open Data - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/dataset/99578373-ee90-4293-a1b4-eb77b32dce87/lancashire-open-data	3
School Crossings - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/dataset/9d0f4ef7-3da2-481e-b8f8-8ce11b6e7170/school-crossings	3
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Spend Over £25k 2020-21 - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/dataset/dae7369d-ca07-4185-b5af-d40310d74c70/spend-over-f25k-2020-21	3
Cookies on GOV.UK - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/cookies	3
Public Attitudes to Science - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/dataset/9c6c631b-945a-446a-b5ef-71726f7359ba/public-attitudes-to-science	3
WODC Brownfield Register - data.gov.ukwww.data.gov.uk/dataset/6b55aa87-a0b7-4dca-9d9a-317993efe477/wodc-brownfield-register	3

Add a scope to table headings

Data

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