SCHEDULE 11 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

Residential care homes

5.  Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a residential care 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 £225·00 per week;

(b) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £225·00 per week;

(c) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £257·00 per week;

(d) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £292·00 per week;

(e) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), the appropriate amount shall be £213·00 per week.