Regulation 11(2)

SCHEDULE 1N.I.Discretionary support loans – excluded items and services

1.  Any need which occurs outside Northern Ireland.N.I.

2.  An educational or training need including clothing, tools, school uniforms or sports clothes, equipment for use at school, school meals and travel to and from school.N.I.

3.  Work related expenses.N.I.

4.  Expenses in connection with court or legal proceedings (including community service orders) such as legal fees, court fees, fines, costs, damages, subsistence or travelling expenses.N.I.

5.  Domestic assistance and respite care.N.I.

6.  Medical items or services including surgical, optical, aural and dental.N.I.

7.  Mobility needs.N.I.

8.  Funeral and maternity expenses.N.I.

9.  Any expenses which the Trusts or Local Councils have a statutory duty to meet.N.I.

10.  Housing costs, including repairs modifications and improvements to the dwelling occupied as the main home, including any garage, garden and outbuildings, and including deposits to secure accommodation, mortgage payments, rates, water rates, sewerage rates, service charges, rent and all other charges for accommodation except rent payable under regulation 11(1)(d).N.I.

11.  Removal or storage charges where a claimant is re-housed following the imposition of a compulsory purchase order, or a redevelopment or closing order, or a compulsory exchange of tenancies, or pursuant to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive's statutory duty to the homeless under the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 M1.N.I.

12.  Costs associated with home or personal security measures including locks, bolts for outside doors or windows, door chains, door viewers, installation of closed-circuit television, burglar alarms or security lighting.N.I.

13.  A television or radio and licence, aerial, cable, satellite or rental charges for a television or radio.N.I.

14.  Costs of purchasing, renting, installing or maintaining a computer, telephone, mobile phone or internet including software, call or usage charges.N.I.

15.  Garaging, parking, taxi use, purchase and running costs of any motor vehicle except travelling expenses payable to assist with an urgent crisis or emergency under regulation 11(1)(c).N.I.

16.  Holidays.N.I.

17.  Debts to government departments.N.I.

18.  Investments.N.I.