- Draft legislation
This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1998 No. 470
6. Subject to paragraphs 7 to 9, 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 £319.00 per week;
(b)mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £325.00 per week;
(c)past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £319.00 per week;
(d)physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £359.00 per week;
(e)terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £318.00 per week;
(f)any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £318.00 per week.
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