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Cookies on data.gov.uk

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

We use cookies to store information about how you use the data.gov.uk website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookie settings

We use 4 types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.

Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:
  • how you got to the site
  • the pages you visit on data.gov.uk, and how long you spend on each page
  • what you click on while you're visiting the site
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.

These are the Google Analytics cookies we’ll use:

Name Purpose Expires
_ga, _gid These help us count how many people visit data.gov.uk by tracking if you’ve visited before _ga 2 years
_gid 24 hours
_gat Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made 10 minutes

Cookies that help with our communications and marketing
These cookies may be set by third party websites. We don't currently use any cookies in this category.

Cookies that remember your settings
These cookies do things like remember your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using the site.

Strictly necessary cookies

These essential cookies do things like remember your cookie preferences, so we don't ask for them again.

They always need to be on.