The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

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 £319·00 per week;

(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £325·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £319·00 per week;

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

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £359·00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £318·00 per week;

(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £318·00 per week; or

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £318·00 per week.