The website domains managed by NISRA and some of the tools and services they link to, use a number of cookies. These cookies are listed below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
Measuring website usage
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how people use our websites. We do this to make sure it's meeting people's needs and to understand how we could meet those needs better.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use our websites. We do not collect or store your personal details such as your name or address. We cannot identify who you are.
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors to our websites. | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors to our websites. | 24 hours |
| _ga_<container-id> | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 minute |
| _gat_gtag_<container-id> | Used by Google Analytics to limit requests to its service. | 1 minute |
| _utma | Used by Google Analytics to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance | 2 years |
| _gat_UA | Used by Google to limit collection of data on high traffic sites | 10 minuntes |
Service availability
We use cookies which help improve service availability and security across this website.
| Name of cookies | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NIGOV | randomly generated number | when you close your browser |
| NIGOV_.thisdomain.gov.uk_%F_wat | randomly generated number | when you close your browser |
| TS* | security management cookie | when you close your browser |
| BIGipServer* | Used to distribute traffic to the website | when you close your browser |
Remembering your settings
We use cookies to remember if you have received the cookie warning message so that this message doesn't appear more than once.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| EUCompliance | stores your cookie preferences | 1 year |
cookie-consent | stores your cookie preferences | up to 1 year |
We also set cookies to remember your display preferences.
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| has_js | determines whether Javascript is enabled in your browseer, it allows the website to function properly | when you close your browser |
| Drupal.tableDrag.showWeight | remembers your display preferences | 1 year |
| language | remembers any selection a user has made about language | 1 year |
| session | remembers users within a website | when you close your browser |
'Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are cookies created by a website other than the one you are currently visiting. we currently embed services from third party websites to provide extra functionality.
YouTube
This website embeds videos from YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set the following cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
For more information please visit YouTube's embedding videos information page
Google Maps
We use Google Maps to provide visual geo-location information on various government organisations and services.
For more information please visit Google's Privacy Policy
Last Updated
This page was last updated on 13 February 2024.