Paragraph 27

The benefits relevant for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of the priority group in article 2 are—

(a)

council tax benefit^f1;

(b)

housing benefit;

(c)

income support;

(d)

an income-based jobseeker’s allowance^f2;

(e)

an attendance allowance;

(f)

a disability living allowance^f3;

(g)

a war disablement pension which includes—

(i)

a mobility supplement; or

(ii)

a constant attendance allowance;

(h)

a disablement pension^f4 which includes a constant attendance allowance; and

(i)

state pension credit^f5.

Annotations

f1: Council tax benefit, housing benefit and income support are provided for in Part VII of the 1992 Act.
f2: Jobseeker’s allowance is provided for in Part I of the Jobseeker’s Act 1995 (c.18); see in particular section 1(4) for a definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.
f3: Disability living allowance is provided for in Part III of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4); see in particular section 71.
f4: Disablement pensions are provided for in Part V of the 1992 Act; see in particular section 103.
f5: State pension credit is provided for in the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16).