Cookies on this website

What are cookies?

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit. Cookies are not viruses or computer programmes. They are very small so do not take up much space.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

  • make our website work, for example by keeping it secure
  • remember which pop-ups you’ve seen
  • measure how visitors use our website, such as which links they click (or analytics cookies)

Essential cookies

These cookies are essential in helping you to move around our website and to use features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies some services may not function.

These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.

CookiePurpose
cookieConsent_​status Determines whether a user has previously opted in to receive non-essential cookies.

Change your cookie settings

Some cookies, like those used to measure how you use our website, are not needed for our website to work.

These cookies can help us make our website better, but we’ll only use them if you say it’s OK.

Cookies that measure website use (analytics cookies)

These cookies store information about how you use our website, such as the links you click on. We use them to help make our website better.

CookiePurpose
_​ga These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.
_​ga, _gid Set by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. More information: developers.google.com/analytics

To find out how we collect, store and use information about you or your visit, see our privacy notice.