The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1996

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 £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–

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £341.00 per week, or

(ii) in any other case, £303.00 per week;

(e) terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £303.00 per week; or

(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £303.00 per week.