| CONTENTS Covering note for Circular SWSG6/98
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
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
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
Annex A Rates of Personal Expenses Allowance/Current
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
Annex F Legislation for payment of War Widows Special
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