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 need

6.

(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 £225·00 per week;

(b)

past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £238·00 per week;

(c)

past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £238·00 per week;

(d)

mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £271·00 per week;

(e)

physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—

(i)

in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £308·00 per week, or

(ii)

in any other case, £225·00 per week.

Nursing homes

7.

Subject to paragraphs 8 to 10, 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—

(i)

in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £379·00 per week, or

(ii)

in any other case, £336·00 per week;

(e)

terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £336·00 per week; or

(f)

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

Personal allowances

12.

The allowance for personal expenses for the claimant and each member of his family referred to in paragraph 1(1)(b) shall be—

(a)

for the claimant £16·05; and, if he has a partner, for his partner, £16·05;

(b)

for a young person aged 18, £15·25;

(c)

for a young person aged under 18 but over 16, £10·55;

(d)

for a child aged under 16 but over 11, £9·15;

(e)

for a child aged under 11, £6·25.