Cookie policy

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies.

Our cookies contain no data specific to an individual, so that your privacy remains protected. They contain neither your email address, nor do they tell us who you are.

We use cookies to monitor our website, its usage including visitor numbers and page views. We also use cookies to improve your user experience whilst on our website, including:

  • enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information during one task
  • recognising that you have already given a username and password so you don’t need to enter it for every web page requested

Cookies we use

The list below shows all of the cookies that are set by this website and the third-party services we use.

Cookies for improving service

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This is to ensure that the website is available when you want it and to help us understand what you want to use.

NameTypical ContentExpires
_utmarandomly generated number2 years
_utmbrandomly generated number30 minutes
_utmcrandomly generated numberwhen you close your browser
_utmzrandomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search)6 months

Cookies for managing your current visit

We use a number of cookies to remember your selections or preferences that you’ve made when looking at the information on this site.

NameTypical ContentExpires
PHPSESSIDrandomly generated textwhen you close your browser
fe_typo_usersession cookie contains data whilst using the websitewhen you close your browser
civicAllowCookies
civicShowCookieIcon		contains data to control your cookie preferences12 months