The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2000

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 £234·00 per week;

(b)past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £234·00 per week;

(c)mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £266·00 per week;

(d)physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £303·00 per week;

(e)any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), the appropriate amount shall be £221·00 per week.