the care leaver covenant to set out their offer to care leavers. Developing the local offer with relevant persons When developing their local offer, local authorities are required to consult with relevant persons, which means care leavers and organisations or people that represent care leavers. Local authorities should consider how best to engage and consult with as many of their care leavers as possible. We expect local authorities to work with their care leavers to co-produce a local offer that is meaningful and reflects the needs, views and wishes of the care leavers they are responsible for. It may also be useful for Personal Advisers to seek the views and ideas of the care leavers that they support and work with on a regular basis. Publishing and updating the local offer The Children and Social Work Act does not specify how soon after commencement of the duty the local offer should be published. However, the Government’s expectation is that the local offer should be available within six to nine months of commencement of the duty. This will allow time for LAs to consult care leavers before publishing their local offer. Once local authorities have consulted on and published their local offer it should be reviewed regularly to ensure that the services on offer reflect what care leavers need most. Local authorities can choose how regularly they review their local offer, but we would expect local authorities to update it at least every two to three years, following further consultation with care leavers. 7 Format of the local offer The local offer should be easily available and accessible to all care leavers in the local authority area. This may mean that it is made available in a number of formats including printed hard copies, online digital copies and in different la