Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
When you first enter our site we use analytics cookies to collect anonymous standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone.
Details of all cookies used in this website are detailed in the table below.
On this website we use some permanent cookies. These retain the information they collect for varying timescales depending on the cookie. We also use session cookies which are temporary and are erased when you exit your web browser.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Essential Session Cookie | A random generated set of characters | This cookie is used by the website Content Management system for ensuring that users are recognised (anonymously) when they make selections within pages of our website (i.e. clicking on options) and also when they move from page to page and that any information users have entered is remembered. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. The cookie has a title similar to: 2024a2e1393e2e736531de6b012669cd |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. The duration of the Google cookies are noted below: _utma = 2 years _utmb = 30 minutes _utmc = deleted when users closes their browser _utmz = 1 year |