The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

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 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 £208·00 per week;

(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £220·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £220·00 per week;

(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £250·00 per week;

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

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £285·00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £208·00 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 £312·00 per week;

(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £318·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £312·00 per week;

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

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £352·00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £311·00 per week;

(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £311·00 per week; or

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £311·00 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 £14·10; and, if he has a partner, for his partner, £14·10;

(b) for a young person aged 18, £14·10;

(c) for a young person aged under 18 but over 16, £9·80;

(d) for a child aged under 16 but over 11, £8·45;

(e) for a child aged under 11, £5·80.