# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1997, Paragraph 6: Residential care homes


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraphs 8 to 11, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a residential care home for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—
(a) old age, the appropriate amount shall be £208.00 per week;
(b) past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £220.00 per week;
(c) past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be £220.00 per week;
(d) mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be £250.00 per week;
(e) physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—
(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, £285.00 per week, or
(ii) in any other case, £208.00 per week; or
(f) any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) above, the appropriate amount shall be £208.00 per week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/543/schedule/6/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-1997/schedule-6/paragraph-6
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