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Cookies

Cookies are small data files that web sites generate and ask to store on your computer. Most web sites use cookies in one form or another. They are typically used to:

  • remember settings, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
  • remember information you give to a website, such as a list of products in your shopping basket
  • measure how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit the About Cookies website, or please read on to find out more about how we use cookies.

Measuring Website Usage

Google Analytics is in use to collect information about how visitors use this site. This provides us with important information that can enable the site to work better. We do not link this information to your name or address.

The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

NameTypical contentCookie expires after
_utmaRandomly generated ID2 years
_utmbRandomly generated ID30 minutes
_utmcRandomly generated IDWhen you close your web browser
_utmzRandomly generated ID6 months

Understanding your web browser capabilities

We set some cookies to store information about your browser settings, to understand which functionality to enable on the site. The following cookies are used:

NameTypical contentCookie expires after
has_js1 or blankWhen you close your web browser

Remembering your accessibility preferences

We set some cookies to support accessibility features such as user-controlled text size, or the high contrast version of our site. These cookies allow us to ensure you receive the site as you've requested it on each page. The following cookies are used:

NameTypical contentCookie expires after
textsize A number representing your
chosen text size. For visitors
who haven't expressed a
preference, this will be 87
1 year
highcontrastBlank or the
string "highcontraston"
1 year

Remembering your choices

Certain sections of our site remember your choices, so you can be provided with the right information if you visit other pages, and then return. For example, if you filter a list of information we will remember your choice and default to that selection if you visit the page again. These choices are not tied to any personally identifiable information. The following cookies are used:

NameTypical contentCookie expires after
SESS0afa41c2963dac7c0e3
40224a301cf78
A random stringUp to 24 days

Submitting online forms

When you submit an online form to report issues or to ask us something, we set cookies to ensure that we can keep the whole of your request together. The following cookies are used:

NameTypical contentCookie expires after
ASPSESSIONIDQADARSQBA randomly generated stringWhen you close your browser
highcontrastBlank or the
string "highcontraston"
1 year