The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 No. 150

Article 16(10) and (11)

SCHEDULE 6 Applicable amounts of persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes

PART I PROVISIONS IN SCHEDULE 4 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

Homes for persons in need

6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a residential care home for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—

(a) old age and infirmity, the appropriate amount shall be £185·00 per week;

(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be 2195·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £195·00 per week;

(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £225·00 per week;

(e) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £255·00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case £185·00 per week.

Nursing homes

7.  Subject to paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a nursing home for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—

(a) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £280·00 per week;

(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £285·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £280·00 per week;

(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £315·00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £280·00 per week;

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £280·00 per week.

Personal allowances

12.  The allowance for personal expenses for the claimant and each member of his family referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) shall be—

(a) for the claimant £12·65; and, if he has a partner, for his partner, £12·65;

(b) for a young person aged 18, £12·65;

(c) for a young person aged under 18 but over 16, £8·80;

(d) for a child aged under 16 but over 11, £7·60;

(e) for a child aged under 11, £5·20.

PART II OTHER SUMS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 4 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

Paragraph in Schedule 4		Specified Sum
2(2)(b)(i) 2(2)(b)(ii) 2(2)(b)(iii)	(increases for meals)	daily £1·10 daily £1·55 daily £1·55
7(e)	persons in need of personal care by virtue of a terminal illness	weekly £280·00