The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 18

SCHEDULE 5 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

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) age and infirmity, the appropriate amount shall be £175.00 per week;

(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £185.00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £185.00 per week;

(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £215.00 per week;

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

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £245.00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case £175.00 per week.