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5.
Unemployed for the whole year, not eligible for JSA (C) but for JSA (IB)
Single APW
There is no gross wage. The compensation is 52 x 49.15 - 0.5 x 49.15 = 2,531.22
GBP. With no net wealth and no other income JSA (C) and JSA (IB) identical.
The gross compensation percentage is 2,531.22 / 16,700 x 100 = 15.2. The dispos-
able income is 2,531 GBP in this situation, just as in case 3.
The decrease in disposable income compared to the situation without unemployment
is 12,500 - 2,531 = 9,969 GBP or 79.8 per cent. It is possible to supplement e.g. with
compensation for housing expenditures.
6.
Wife unemployed for the whole year, JSA (C). APW-couple
There is no gross wage for the wife. The compensation is 26 x 49.15 = 1,277,90
GBP.
The gross compensation percentage is 1,277,90 / 8,350 x 100 = 15.3. The disposable
income of the APW-couple is 14,053 GBP, when the wife is unemployed for the
whole year in 1997 and usually is working part time.
The decrease in disposable income compared to the situation with no unemployment
is 19,681- 14,053 = 5,628 GBP or 28.6 per cent.
7.
Injured from work. Single APW
Transfer payments caused by injuries from work are investigated in two cases, one
where the working capability is completely lost and one where 
D
of the working
capability is lost.
1. Working capability completely lost
There is no gross wage. The compensation is 101.10 GBP a week or 5,257 GBP
a year. It is also possible to receive long term Incapacity Benefit plus an age

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related addition (here assumed to be lower rate) of 62.45 + 6.60 GBP per week,
3,591 GBP a year. Total compensation is 8.848 GBP.
The gross compensation percentage is 8,848 / 16,700 x 100 = 53. The disposable
income for an APW losing the working capability completely is 8,848 GBP, the
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is tax free and the Incapacity Benefit is
smaller than the personal allowance in the tax scheme.
The decrease in disposable income compared to the initial position is 12,500 -
8,848 = 3,652 GBP or 29.2 per cent.
2. Loss of 
D
 of the working capability
The gross wage is reduced by 1/3, i.e. 5,567 GBP. The compensation is 30.33 
GBP a week or 52 x 30.33 = 1,577.16 GBP a year, tax free.
The gross compensation percentage is 1,577 / 5,567 x 100 = 28.3. The dispos-
able income for an APW losing 
D
of the working capability is 10,348 GBP.
The decrease in disposable income compared to the initial position is 12,500 -
10,348 = 2,152 GBP or 17.2 per cent.