Cookies

A cookie is a small file that is downloaded onto your device when you visit a website, which means the website can recognise your device if you return to it.

Cookies are used to:

recognise your device, so you don’t have to give the same information several times during the same online task
measure how you use the site, so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
provide data to help understand how a website and its services are used

Cookies can’t be used to identify you as an individual.

How cookies are used on this site

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are needed to ensure our website works properly. We don’t need to ask permission to use these. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site might not work.

Necessary cookies from this website:

Name	Purpose	Expires
lcc-cookie-policy	Saves your cookie consent settings	3 months
lcc-cookie-policy-categories	Saves your cookie consent settings	3 months
lcc-cookie-policy-version	Saves your cookie consent settings	3 months

Analytics cookies (optional)

Analytics cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you don’t allow these cookies, we won’t know when you have visited our site, and won’t be able to monitor its performance.

All Google Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised. It is retained within Google Analytics for a maximum of 24 months.

Google analytics cookies from this website

Name	Purpose	Expires
_ga	Used to distinguish users on a domain	1 year
_ga_90H0Q5M9GQ	Used to persist session state	1 year

Marketing and third-party cookies (optional)

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you don’t allow these cookies, then some or all these services may not function properly.

Third-party cookies

We embed media such as YouTube videos on some of our pages. The suppliers of these services may also set cookies on your device when you visit the pages where we have used this type of content. These are known as third-party cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.

You can read the third-party websites' cookie policies for more information about the cookies they collect.

Giving permission to collect analytics and/or functional cookies

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