The Learning and Skills Office("us", "we" or "our") is committed to respecting your privacy and to complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use our website and allows us to improve our site. By continuing to use the site, or by clicking 'Got It!' in the cookie notification, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
No personal data is stored in any cookie we use and any cookies designed to identify you do so anonymously, most expire when your browsing session is concluded with the exception of those specifically stated as such below.
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which we download onto your computer or device when you visit our website. We can recognise these cookies on subsequent visits and they allow us to remember you. Cookies come in many forms. We have set out below the main types and categories of cookies that you may see and are used on this site.
| Cookie |
Type |
Name(s) |
Purpose |
| ASP.Net Session |
Session Only |
Session ID |
Required for the functioning of the site at a technical level. |
| Cookie Policy |
Cookie Banner Acceptance |
cookiepolicyok |
To track your acceptance of cookies on the site. This expires 14 days from initialisation. |
| Google Analytics |
Anonymous Analytical Tracking |
_ga; _gid; _gat_gtag_UA; _utma; _utmt; _utmb; _utmc; _utmz; _utmv |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
For further information about the cookies Google uses please visit this cookie information page. Please note we only use the Google cookies listed in the above table, the information link covers all cookies Google has available.
How do I control or delete cookies?
If cookies are not enabled on your computer this could mean that your experience with our website will be impacted. However, if you want to control or delete cookies you can do so.
Information on deleting, or controlling, cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org.uk. To reiterate though, by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.