SCHEDULE 4Income Support: Applicable Amounts of Persons in Homes for Persons in Need and Nursing Homes

Part IProvisions in Schedule 4 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Homes for persons in need6

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 8 to 10, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a home for persons in need, for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—

a

old age and infirmity, the appropriate amount shall be £221·00 per week;

b

past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £234·00 per week;

c

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

d

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

e

physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—

i

in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £303·00 per week, or

ii

in any other case, £221·00 per week.