The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Residential care homes

5.  Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a residential care 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 £230·00 per week;

(b) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £230·00 per week;

(c) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £262·00 per week;

(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £298·00 per week;

(e) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), the appropriate amount shall be £218·00 per week.