heir payments annually. Local authorities should also ensure this entitlement is publicised so that their young people are fully aware of it. Access to and the provision of financial support 8.20. Whilst it is vital that young people are aware of their entitlements, it is also important that they are clear about how the local authority will provide any financial support. The provision of support should reflect the local authority’s commitment to being a responsible and involved corporate parent and provide a degree of flexibility. Care leavers are not an homogenous group and the manner in which financial support is provided should reflect this diversity of need, ability and the circumstances of individual young people. 8.21. All allowances should be based on an assessment of need and be set out in the young person’s pathway plan. The plan must also highlight any attached conditions, how payments will be made, the frequency of payments and when they will be reviewed. 8.22. In order to support young people to make a successful financial transition to adulthood they should be assisted to open bank accounts and, where possible, all allowances should be paid through their account. In certain circumstances young people may require additional assistance with managing allowances and may need their allowances to be paid in the form of a cash payment. In extreme situations PAs may need to shop with individual young people and/or provide allowances in 79 kind. In these situations the young person’s pathway plan should set out how long these arrangements may need to remain in place and what goals and milestones need to be achieved for the management of the allowance to be transferred to the young person. 8.23. Where young people live outside of their responsible authority, arrangem