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Carbon and USWDS spacing were not read.\n\nCurator qualifications: The curator re-read all cited web sources (S2, S4); nothing was executed. SCSS read 2026-10-22; nothing compiled. Carbon and USWDS spacing units not read (producer gap kept).\n\nLimitations: SCSS read 2026-10-22; nothing compiled.\n\nEvidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/24bde7283766754254275ff27d09e78ff2bfa85d/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_measurements.scss","note":"govuk-frontend settings/_spacing.scss"},{"url":"https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/24bde7283766754254275ff27d09e78ff2bfa85d/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_spacing.scss","note":"govuk-frontend settings/_spacing.scss"}]},"categories":["T17"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/24bde7283766754254275ff27d09e78ff2bfa85d/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_measurements.scss","claim":"GOV.UK spacing has ten fixed points (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 px) and a responsive scale in which larger points shrink on mobile (e.g. point 4: 15 px on mobile, 20 px from tablet). 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