k to recover all or part of any financial support that has been paid; and,  where appropriate, revise the plan. The local authority must then give the adoptive parent notice of their decision including the reasons for it and, if applicable, the revised plan. 9.42. It will often be appropriate for an annual review of financial support to be achieved by an exchange of correspondence between the local authority and the adoptive family. It should be borne in mind that under ASR 12 financial support cannot be terminated because of the adoptive parent’s failure to submit an annual statement of means unless the local authority has reminded them of this requirement and given them 28 days to comply. A request for the annual statement should therefore be sent out at least 28 days before the anniversary of the original decision or previous review. 177 Assessment for adoption support services: section 4(1) of the Act and ASR 13 9.43. The people who are entitled on request to an assessment of their need for adoption support services are set out in section 4(1) of the Act and ASR 13. As explained in paragraph 6, ASR 4 limits the local authority’s duty in this respect to an assessment of need for support services of the kind to which each category of person is entitled. Local authorities have discretion under section 4(2) of the Act to undertake an assessment for other persons or in other circumstances if they think it appropriate. 9.44. In addition, an assessment of the adoption support needs of the adoptive child, adoptive parent(s) and any child of the adoptive parent must be undertaken at the time when a match is being considered under AAR 31. 9.45. Local authorities will normally assess a person based on their needs and those of the child, taking into account the list of service