diff --git a/app/main/views/dashboard.py b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
index 2fea2ddfd..edb6c521e 100644
--- a/app/main/views/dashboard.py
+++ b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@ def service_dashboard(service_id):
 
     return render_template(
         'views/dashboard/dashboard.html',
-        statistics=add_rates_to(
-            statistics_api_client.get_statistics_for_service(service_id, limit_days=7)['data']
-        ),
         templates=service_api_client.get_service_templates(service_id)['data'],
-        template_statistics=aggregate_usage(
-            template_statistics_client.get_template_statistics_for_service(service_id)
-        )
+        **get_dashboard_statistics_for_service(service_id)
     )
 
 
@@ -54,12 +49,7 @@ def service_dashboard_updates(service_id):
     return jsonify(**{
         'today': render_template(
             'views/dashboard/today.html',
-            statistics=add_rates_to(
-                statistics_api_client.get_statistics_for_service(service_id, limit_days=7)['data']
-            ),
-            template_statistics=aggregate_usage(
-                template_statistics_client.get_template_statistics_for_service(service_id)
-            )
+            **get_dashboard_statistics_for_service(service_id)
         )
     })
 
@@ -125,3 +115,14 @@ def aggregate_usage(template_statistics):
         key=lambda row: row['usage_count'],
         reverse=True
     )
+
+
+def get_dashboard_statistics_for_service(service_id):
+    return {
+        'statistics': add_rates_to(
+            statistics_api_client.get_statistics_for_service(service_id, limit_days=7)['data']
+        ),
+        'template_statistics': aggregate_usage(
+            template_statistics_client.get_template_statistics_for_service(service_id, limit_days=7)
+        )
+    }
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diff --git a/app/notify_client/template_statistics_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/template_statistics_api_client.py
index a47e934fb..2ac088f76 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/template_statistics_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/template_statistics_api_client.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ class TemplateStatisticsApiClient(BaseAPIClient):
         self.client_id = app.config['ADMIN_CLIENT_USER_NAME']
         self.secret = app.config['ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET']
 
-    def get_template_statistics_for_service(self, service_id):
+    def get_template_statistics_for_service(self, service_id, limit_days=None):
+        params = {}
+        if limit_days is not None:
+            params['limit_days'] = limit_days
         return self.get(
             url='/service/{}/template-statistics'.format(service_id),
+            params=params
         )['data']
diff --git a/tests/app/main/notify_client/test_template_statistics_client.py b/tests/app/main/notify_client/test_template_statistics_client.py
index 03fb33e4c..938eb4254 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/notify_client/test_template_statistics_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/notify_client/test_template_statistics_client.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ def test_template_statistics_client_calls_correct_api_endpoint(mocker, api_user_
 
     client.get_template_statistics_for_service(some_service_id)
 
-    mock_get.assert_called_once_with(url=expected_url)
+    mock_get.assert_called_once_with(url=expected_url, params={})
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index 9717e60c2..12082f1c7 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_should_show_recent_templates_on_dashboard(app_,
         assert response.status_code == 200
         response.get_data(as_text=True)
         mock_get_service_statistics.assert_called_once_with(SERVICE_ONE_ID, limit_days=7)
-        mock_template_stats.assert_called_once_with(SERVICE_ONE_ID)
+        mock_template_stats.assert_called_once_with(SERVICE_ONE_ID, limit_days=7)
 
         page = BeautifulSoup(response.data.decode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
         headers = [header.text.strip() for header in page.find_all('h2')]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d6dbdad17..9d68c6eb9 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ def mock_get_template_statistics(mocker, service_one, fake_uuid):
         "day": "2016-04-04"
     }
 
-    def _get_stats(service_id):
+    def _get_stats(service_id, limit_days=None):
         return [data]
 
     return mocker.patch(