t planning procedures. The agency should ask whether the prospective adopter would be willing to meet later with the child’s parents, if this is considered to be appropriate. Where an inter-agency placement is being considered, the prospective adopter’s agency should ensure that it is familiar with the introduction and placement procedures used by the child's agency so that it can explain these to prospective adopters. 4.27. If the agency thinks, following this initial sharing of information and discussion, that the proposed placement should proceed it must carry out (if it is a local authority) an assessment of the support needs of the adoptive family – the child, the prospective adopter and any other children of the prospective adopter - in accordance with the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005. The agency must also consider the arrangements for future contact between the child and appropriate members of their birth family or other people important to the child; see chapter 7 for more guidance on contact issues. If the placing authority is a VAA, it should explain to the prospective adopter that they may request their local authority to assess their needs for adoption support services, and should assist them in this process. If the local authority undertaking the assessment asks for a copy of the child’s permanence report and the prospective adopter’s report to inform its assessment, the VAA must comply with this request. 90 4.28. AAR 31.2.d sets out the matters that must be included in the adoption placement report that must now be prepared for the adoption panel. This is a report that falls within the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 (ARR) and must be prepared by someone appropriately qualified and experienced or a social w