Cookies

This service uses cookies – cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. We use 2 types of cookies on this site:

  • essential cookies – these are strictly necessary
  • optional cookies – these are used to measure your use of the service

You can learn more about cookies and how to manage them on the website for the Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in a new tab)..

Essential cookies (strictly necessary)

We need to collect these cookies in order for the service to work.

Introductory cookie message

You may see a pop-up welcome message when you first visit. A cookie is stored so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again.

Essential cookies we use

Name Purpose Expires
seen_cookie_message Saves a message to let us know that you’ve seen our cookie message 12 months
cookie_policy Saves a message to let us know that you’ve accepted or rejected cookies 12 months

Other essential cookies

Name Purpose Expires
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery Prevents forgery attacks from other websites – this helps to keep your information secure When you close the browser
.AspNetCore.Culture Stores the language of the service 1 year
.AspNetCore.Session Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour
.AspNetCore.Session Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour
PTS Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour
PTSC1 Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour
PTSC2 Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour
PTSC3 Stores data you’ve provided during the session 1 hour

Optional cookies

We use Google Analytics software to understand how people use this service. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

We do not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit
  • how long you spend on each page
  • how you arrived at the site
  • what you click on while you visit the site
  • the device and browser you use

Google Analytics cookies we use

Name Purpose Expires
_ga Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you’ve visited before In 2 years
_ga_Y41TMV2K08 Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you’ve visited before In 2 years
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