diff --git a/components/elements/index.js b/components/elements/index.js
index 4c329f8c..eb743b3e 100644
--- a/components/elements/index.js
+++ b/components/elements/index.js
@@ -1245,7 +1245,9 @@ export function NumericField(props) {
         parentFieldShowOnValue,
         parentField,
     } = props;
-    const required = (value) => (value ? undefined : "Required");
+    const required = (value) => {
+        return value || value == 0 ? undefined : "Requirewwwd";
+    };
 
     //parentFieldShowOnValue
     var showIfHasParentShowValue =
@@ -1295,9 +1297,10 @@ export function NumericField(props) {
                         pattern="[0-9]*"
                         inputMode="numeric"
                         parse={Number}
-                        validate={eval(validation)}
+                        validate={[required]}
                         component={RenderTextfield}
                         label={label}
+                        normalize={(value) => parseInt(value)}
                     />
                 </div>
             )}
@@ -1337,6 +1340,7 @@ export function DecimalField(props) {
             {parentField != false ? (
                 showIfHasParentShowValue && (
                     <div className="govuk-form-group">
+                        wwww
                         <Field
                             name={props.name}
                             id={props.name}