diff --git a/app/models/derived_variables/lettings_log_variables.rb b/app/models/derived_variables/lettings_log_variables.rb
index 31e3937c7..cdf146ae1 100644
--- a/app/models/derived_variables/lettings_log_variables.rb
+++ b/app/models/derived_variables/lettings_log_variables.rb
@@ -188,13 +188,6 @@ module DerivedVariables::LettingsLogVariables
       self.uprn_selection = nil
       self.postcode_known = nil
       self.manual_address_entry_selected = nil
-      location_la = location_derived_la
-      if location_la.present?
-        self.la = location_la
-        self.is_la_inferred = true
-      else
-        self.is_la_inferred = false
-      end
     end
 
     set_checkbox_values!
diff --git a/app/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority.rb b/app/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority.rb
index 99683b0da..5656ec2d9 100644
--- a/app/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority.rb
+++ b/app/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class Form::Lettings::Pages::PropertyLocalAuthority < ::Form::Page
     @depends_on = [
       { "is_la_inferred" => false, "is_general_needs?" => true, "form.start_year_2025_or_later?" => false, "address_search_given?" => true },
       { "is_la_inferred" => false, "is_general_needs?" => true, "form.start_year_2025_or_later?" => true },
-      { "is_la_inferred" => false, "scheme_has_confidential_information?" => true },
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/lettings_log.rb b/app/models/lettings_log.rb
index 5b054c457..7f3d44f56 100644
--- a/app/models/lettings_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/lettings_log.rb
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class LettingsLog < Log
   end
 
   def scheme_has_confidential_information?
-    scheme&.sensitive == "Yes"
+    scheme&.has_confidential_information? || false
   end
 
   def referral_is_from_local_authority_housing_register?
diff --git a/app/models/scheme.rb b/app/models/scheme.rb
index 0aa481a1e..00d0a3cb8 100644
--- a/app/models/scheme.rb
+++ b/app/models/scheme.rb
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ class Scheme < ApplicationRecord
     status_at(6.months.from_now) == :deactivating_soon
   end
 
+  def has_confidential_information?
+    sensitive == "Yes"
+  end
+
   def discard!
     update!(discarded_at: Time.zone.now)
     locations.each(&:discard!)
diff --git a/app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2026/row_parser.rb b/app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2026/row_parser.rb
index b38d79616..b670aa486 100644
--- a/app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2026/row_parser.rb
+++ b/app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2026/row_parser.rb
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ private
   end
 
   def scheme_has_confidential_information?
-    scheme&.sensitive == "Yes"
+    scheme&.has_confidential_information? || false
   end
 
   def startdate
diff --git a/spec/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority_spec.rb b/spec/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority_spec.rb
index e78521de2..556f29a05 100644
--- a/spec/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/form/lettings/pages/property_local_authority_spec.rb
@@ -60,13 +60,8 @@ RSpec.describe Form::Lettings::Pages::PropertyLocalAuthority, type: :model do
     context "when the scheme is confidential" do
       let(:log) { build(:lettings_log, needstype: 2, scheme: build(:scheme, sensitive: 1)) }
 
-      it "is routed to when the LA could not be inferred, even for supported housing" do
+      it "is not routed to, even when the LA could not be inferred" do
         log.is_la_inferred = false
-        expect(page).to be_routed_to(log, nil)
-      end
-
-      it "is not routed to when the LA was inferred from the location" do
-        log.is_la_inferred = true
         expect(page).not_to be_routed_to(log, nil)
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/lettings_log_derived_fields_spec.rb b/spec/models/lettings_log_derived_fields_spec.rb
index 49eecd260..8ca0ed804 100644
--- a/spec/models/lettings_log_derived_fields_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/lettings_log_derived_fields_spec.rb
@@ -1649,25 +1649,12 @@ RSpec.describe LettingsLog, type: :model do
         location.update_column(:location_code, nil)
       end
 
-      it "does not infer an LA, so the user is routed to the LA drop-down" do
-        log.la = nil
+      it "leaves the LA blank and not inferred" do
         log.set_derived_fields!
 
         expect(log.read_attribute(:la)).to be_nil
         expect(log.is_la_inferred).to be false
       end
-
-      it "keeps a manually chosen LA when one has been provided" do
-        # In the real edit flow the log is persisted, so the location/startdate have not
-        # "changed" and the earlier LA-reset branches do not fire. Stub those guards to
-        # isolate the confidential handling, which must not clobber the drop-down answer.
-        allow(log).to receive_messages(startdate_changed?: false, location_changed?: false)
-        log.la = "E07000105"
-        log.set_derived_fields!
-
-        expect(log.read_attribute(:la)).to eq("E07000105")
-        expect(log.is_la_inferred).to be false
-      end
     end
 
     context "when the log is also a new-build first let" do