Q: Why are you asking me to confirm a blank field?

A: Nearly all the fields on the web site have a ‘Not available’ checkbox attached, and when you have checked this then we will not be asking you for further information. However, if the field is blank and the box is unchecked then we need to be sure that form is complete and the data is truly unavailable.

The only other time we will ask is where there are also ‘drop-down’ lists since these do not have paired ‘Not available’ checkboxes.  The only way that we can be sure that the data in these fields is truly unavailable is by asking you to confirm this.