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The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1990

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Nursing homes

7.  Subject to paragraphs 8 to 11, 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 £200.00 per week;

(b)mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £215.00 per week;

(c)past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £200.00 per week;

(d)physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be–

(i)in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £245.00 per week, or

(ii)in any other case, £200.00 per week;

(e)terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be £245.00 per week;

(f)any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be £200.00 per week.

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