Cookies
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
We use cookies to store information about how you use this website, such as the pages you visit.
Cookie settings
We use two types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you’re happy for us to use.
Performance cookies – cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. We do not allow Google to share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on our website, and how long you spend on each page
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | These help us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before | Two years |
| _gid | These help us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before | One day |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to improve performance of the request rate | One day |
Strictly necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form (for example a licence application)
They always need to be on.
Cookies Message
You may see a banner when you visit this website inviting you to accept cookies or review your settings. We’ll set cookies so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.
Necessary cookies set the following:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Saves your cookie consent for performance cookies | One year |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Saves a message to let us know you’ve seen and closed the banner | One year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Saves a cookie for necessary cookies | One year |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | This holds a yes or no value for each cookie category | One year |
| ADMINDYNSRV | We use more than one server to provide web pages. When you visit the website, you are assigned to one of several servers. This cookie is required to track which server you are communicating with in order to present a consistent user experience and remember information about the data you have entered. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Session |
| DYNSRV | We use more than one server to provide web pages. When you visit the website, you are assigned to one of several servers. This cookie is required to track which server you are communicating with in order to present a consistent user experience and remember information about the data you have entered. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Session |
| wordpress_test_cookie | This cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. | Session |
| wp_lang | Stores any language preferences for the site. | Session |
| wp-settings-xxxx | This cookie is used to customise your view of the site interface. | One year |