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Notification of decision

8.—(1) A local authority must notify a person who applies for kinship care assistance described in article 7 of that local authority’s decision, and the reasons for that decision, as soon as reasonably practicable.

(2) Notice under paragraph (1) which relates to a payment must include, where applicable—

(a)the method of determination of the amount;

(b)where kinship care assistance is to be paid by instalments—

(i)the amount of each instalment;

(ii)the frequency of the payment;

(iii)the period for which kinship care assistance is to be paid; and

(iv)the date of the first payment;

(c)where kinship care assistance is to be paid as a single payment, the amount and the date the payment is to be made.