Last updated: 1 February 2023
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. In general they are used to make websites work or to provide information to the owners of the site.
Changing your cookie preferences
On your first visit to this website you will have seen a cookie notice banner to inform you about the purposes for which cookies are being used and the means to manage your cookie preferences. At any point you can change your cookie consent preferences. Please be aware that some areas of our website may not function after you have changed your cookie settings.
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Use of cookies on this site
We only use cookies that enable our website to function correctly and to provide us with information that allows us to improve its performance.
The table below lists the cookies used on this site and why we use them.
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Cookie type |
Source |
Cookie name and purpose |
Expiration date |
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Strictly necessary
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Microsoft Azure - cloud platform |
ARRAffinity, ApplicationGatewayAffinity, ARRAffinitySameSite and ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS
These cookies are used for load balancing to make sure visitors page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
Duration of the session
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Umbraco |
__RequestVerificationToken
This is an anti-forgery token designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website. |
Duration of the session |
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ASP.NET |
ASP.NET_SessionId
This cookie serves two functions on the site: (i) Remembers the selections and data you have entered into one of our online forms so when progressing through the form you won’t be required to re-enter information you have already given |
Duration of the session |
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Civic UK |
CookieControl
This cookie is used to remember a user’s preferences in regards to cookies. |
90 days |
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Performance
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Google Analytics
Google Analytics privacy policy
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_ga and _ga_X2XBTBBCL5 These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website, for example number of visitors to the site, which pages are most visited, how visitors move between pages etc. The information they collect is anonymous. We use this information to help improve visitors’ experience of the website. |
2 years |