The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 No. 41

SCHEDULE 12 Jobseeker’s Allowance: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Residential Care and Nursing Homes

Part I Provisions in Schedule 3 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Nursing homes

6.  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 £337·00 per week;

(b) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £343·00 per week;

(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £337·00 per week;

(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £379·00 per week;

(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £336·00 per week;

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £336·00 per week.