The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 No. 264

SCHEDULE 6 INCOME SUPPORT: APPLICABLE AMOUNTS OF PERSONS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE AND NURSING HOMES

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

Nursing homes

7.  Subject to paragraphs 8 to 11, 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 £326.00 per week;

(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £332.00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £326.00 per week;

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

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £367.00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £325.00 per week;

(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £325.00 per week; or

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £325.00 per week.