Dear L R Jones

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Vale of White Horse District Council on 10 September 2024.

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been
received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a
response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the
information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

The deadline for this will be 8 October 2024

The reference number for this request is Vale 24/586

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is
being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime,
please do not hesitate to contact the Information Governance team at
[1][Vale of White Horse District Council request email].

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services

Vale of White Horse District Council

[2]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

To find out more about how the council holds, uses and stores your
personal data, please click on the link below

[3]Vale of White Horse District Council Privacy Notices

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Dear L R Jones

Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) and Vale of White Horse
District Council (VoWHDC), logged under FOI  24/823 South and 24/586
Vale. Please note that the two councils operate as a shared service hence
this joint response.

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. Please find below our response to your request:

Request:

Could you provide me with the blazon and date of grant of the council's
armorial bearings? You will find these on the letters patent granting the
arms. It may be simpler for you to photograph the relevant sections.

Response:

We have searched our records and we have been unable to locate the letters
patent granting the arms.

In 2008 SODC and VoWHDC became a shared service and in 2014 VoWHDC moved
to the offices of SODC in Crowmarsh Gifford. However, in 2015 the offices
were destroyed in a fire following an arson attack. Therefore, it is
possible that the letters had been kept as a paper copy and lost in the
fire.

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request
email]  within 40 working days from the date we issued our response. If
you remain dissatisfied after following that procedure, you have the right
under Section 50 of the 2000 Act to complain to the Information
Commissioner if you feel the council has not dealt with your request
properly. You can contact the Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF (telephone number: 0303 123 1113). You can also
find further information at [3]www.ico.org.uk.

Communications Team

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

01235 422400

[4]southoxon.gov.uk @southoxon

[5]whitehorsedc.gov.uk @whitehorsedc

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