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

6 Homes for persons in need
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a home for persons in need, for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—
(a) old age and infirmity, the appropriate amount shall be £203·00 per week;
(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £214·00 per week;
(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £214·00 per week;
(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £244·00 per week;
(e) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—
(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £276·00 per week, or
(ii) in any other case, £203·00 per week.

7 Nursing homes
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 £304·00 per week;
(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £310·00 per week;
(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £304·00 per week;
(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—
(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £341·00 per week, or
(ii) in any other case, £303·00 per week;
(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £303·00 per week; or
(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £303·00 per week.

12 Personal allowances
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 £13·75; and, if he has a partner, for his partner, £13·75;
(b) for a young person aged 18, £13·75;
(c) for a young person aged under 18 but over 16, £9·55;
(d) for a child aged under 16 but over 11, £8·25;
(e) for a child aged under 11, £5·65.