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Paragraph 5 Residential care homesI1

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Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a residential care 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 £214·00 per week;

(b)

past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £214·00 per week;

(c)

mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £244·00 per week;

(d)

physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be £276·00 per week;

(e)

any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), the appropriate amount shall be £203·00 per week.

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Sch. 3 para. 5 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)