SCHEDULE 3Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes

Nursing homes6

Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, 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 £304·00 per week;

b

mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £310·00 per week;

c

past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £304·00 per week;

d

physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £341·00 per week;

e

terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £303·00 per week;

f

any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £303·00 per week.