CIRCULAR SWSG4/94 5455 - COMMUNITY CARE: NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1994: REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE

CONTENTS

Covering note on Circular SWSG4/94 5455 - Community Care: National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994: Regulations and Guidance

Part 1

1. Introduction

About this guidance
General
Assessing ability to pay
Collecting Charges from Residents in Independent Homes
Social Security benefits

2. Less dependent residents

3. Temporary residents

Charging for temporary stay

4. Couples

residential accommodation

5. Personal Expenses Allowance

6. Capital

Effect of capital
Beneficial ownership of capital
Treatment of capital
Capital treated as income
Deprivation of capital
Diminishing notional capital

7. Treatment of Property

Property to be taken into account

8. Income Other Than Earnings 

General
Income partly disregarded
Living Funds
Charitable and voluntary payments

9. Earnings

What are earnings?
Period over which earning should be taken into account

10. Trust funds

Discretionary trusts
Compensation for personal injury

11. Liability of Relatives

12. Students

Grant income
Covenant income where there is no grant income

13. Transitional Provisions

Changes in circumstances 12 April, including those who are temporarily absent on 11 April

Annex A Rates of Personal Expenses Allowance / Benefit Rates

Annex B Tariff Income from Capital

Annex C National Savings Certificate Values

Annex D Payment of Attendance Allowance / Disability Living Allowance (care component)

Annex E Payments of Income Support and Retirement Pension for Periods in Hospital

Record of Amendments