Annex C of the Care and Support Statutory Guidance states a claim for Disability Related Expenditure (DRE) arises when there are: any heating costs, or metered costs of water, above the average levels for the area and housing typeSo, if an individual lives alone in a property, their disability requires that room temperature is maintained at a particular level and, as a result, an above average heating cost bill arises the excess can be claimed as DRE. However, our local authority’s policy is modified if the property has two or more occupants. Any above average heating costs are apportioned between each occupant on the basis that each occupant derives a benefit from the additional heating costs. If there is a family of three persons in the property one of whom is disabled and requires additional heating their DRE claim is one third of the excess above average heating levels.The authority’s policy seems questionable: