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How do you guarantee you won't go over £50?

I am concerned about taking out a DRO as my wages change monthly. Some months I may have £55 surplus and the next month it could be £35. It depends as I get paid hourly. Is this taken into consideration? How strict are they on this issue? I wasn't sure if was calculated per month or as a whole over a period of say 3 months to give an accurate figure.

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  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    You can average the figure over whatever period you feel reflects your long term average.
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  • fermi
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    Moved to the DRO board.
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  • wba31
    wba31 Posts: 2,189 Forumite
    i would be looking to work out the average over 6 months, work out the budget from that.

    during your DRO if your average wage changed I'd suggested updating figures, but if it remained roughly the same there'd be no issue
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