diff --git a/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html b/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html
index 87b294d94..1fc8d2e58 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html
+++ b/app/templates/components/message-count-label.html
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
   {{ count|message_count_noun(template_type) }} {{ suffix }}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
-{% macro recipient_count_label(count, template_type) -%}
-  {{ count|recipient_count_label(template_type) }}
-{%- endmacro %}
-
-{% macro recipient_count(count, template_type, prefix='') -%}
-  {{ count|format_thousands }} {{ prefix }} {{ count|recipient_count_label(template_type) }}
-{% endmacro %}
-
 {% macro iteration_count(count) -%}
   {{ count|iteration_count }}
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/app/templates/partials/check/too-many-messages.html b/app/templates/partials/check/too-many-messages.html
index 61ae85d2a..e3b711556 100644
--- a/app/templates/partials/check/too-many-messages.html
+++ b/app/templates/partials/check/too-many-messages.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import recipient_count_label %}
-
 <h1 class='banner-title' data-module="track-error" data-error-type="Trial mode: too many recipients" data-error-label="{{ upload_id }}">
   {% if original_file_name %}
     Too many recipients
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@
       You can still send {{ remaining_messages|format_thousands }} messages today, but
     {% endif %}
     ‘{{ original_file_name }}’ contains
-    {{ count_of_recipients|format_thousands }}
-    {{ recipient_count_label(count_of_recipients, template.template_type) }}.
+    {{ count_of_recipients|recipient_count(template.template_type) }}.
   </p>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_jobs.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_jobs.html
index 7a8e0f9a2..c142cc85b 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/_jobs.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/_jobs.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, right_aligned_field_heading, row_heading %}
 {% from "components/big-number.html" import big_number -%}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, recipient_count_label, iteration_count -%}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, iteration_count -%}
 
 <div class='dashboard-table ajax-block-container'>
   {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@
         {{ big_number(
           item.row_count,
           smallest=True,
-          label="saved {}".format(recipient_count_label(
-            item.row_count,
-            item.template_type
-          ))
+          label="saved {}".format(item.row_count|recipient_count_label(item.template_type))
         ) }}
       {% elif item.pdf_letter %}
         <p class="govuk-body letter-recipient-summary">
diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications.html b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
index 76512f6bc..da0182e2d 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/ajax-block.html" import ajax_block %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, recipient_count_label %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
 {% from "components/form.html" import form_wrapper %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/send-contact-list.html b/app/templates/views/send-contact-list.html
index da7163451..1e101e64e 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/send-contact-list.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/send-contact-list.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/big-number.html" import big_number -%}
 {% from "components/list.html" import list_of_placeholders %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import recipient_count_label %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, right_aligned_field_heading, row_heading %}
 
@@ -56,10 +55,7 @@
           {{ big_number(
             item.row_count,
             smallest=True,
-            label=recipient_count_label(
-              item.row_count,
-              item.template_type
-            )
+            label=item.row_count|recipient_count_label(item.template_type),
           ) }}
         {% endcall %}
       {% endcall %}
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@
     <div class="govuk-grid-row">
       <div class="govuk-grid-column-five-sixths">
         <p class="govuk-body">
-          You have not saved any lists of {{ recipient_count_label(99, template.template_type) }} yet.
+          You have not saved any lists of {{ 99|recipient_count_label(template.template_type) }} yet.
         </p>
         <p class="govuk-body">
           To upload and save an emergency contact list, go to the <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state" href="{{ url_for('main.uploads', service_id=current_service.id) }}">uploads</a> page.
diff --git a/app/templates/views/send-one-off-letter-address.html b/app/templates/views/send-one-off-letter-address.html
index f5472488b..db6161b3d 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/send-one-off-letter-address.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/send-one-off-letter-address.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import recipient_count_label %}
 {% from "components/textbox.html" import textbox %}
 {% from "components/form.html" import form_wrapper %}
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
     </div>
     <p class="govuk-body">
       <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state" href="{{ url_for('.send_messages', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template.id) }}">
-        Upload a list of {{ recipient_count_label(999, template.template_type) }}
+        Upload a list of {{ 999|recipient_count_label(template.template_type) }}
       </a>
     </p>
     {{ page_footer('Continue') }}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/send-test.html b/app/templates/views/send-test.html
index 226c25b5e..8947a5bfd 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/send-test.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/send-test.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "withnav_template.html" %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import recipient_count_label %}
 {% from "components/form.html" import form_wrapper %}
 
 {% block service_page_title %}
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
       {% if skip_link or link_to_upload %}
         <div class="govuk-grid-column-full">
           {% if link_to_upload %}
-            <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state govuk-!-margin-right-3" href="{{ url_for('.send_messages', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template.id) }}">Upload a list of {{ recipient_count_label(999, template.template_type) }}</a>
+            <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state govuk-!-margin-right-3" href="{{ url_for('.send_messages', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template.id) }}">Upload a list of {{ 999|recipient_count_label(template.template_type) }}</a>
             {% if current_service.contact_lists %}
               <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state govuk-!-margin-right-3" href="{{ url_for('.choose_from_contact_list', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template.id) }}">Use an emergency list</a>
             {% endif %}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/send.html b/app/templates/views/send.html
index 6c8166727..81aa53769 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/send.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/send.html
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
 {% from "components/page-footer.html" import page_footer %}
 {% from "components/file-upload.html" import file_upload %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import recipient_count_label %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, text_field, index_field, index_field_heading %}
 
 {% block service_page_title %}
-  Upload a list of {{ recipient_count_label(999, template.template_type) }}
+  Upload a list of {{ 999|recipient_count_label(template.template_type) }}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block maincolumn_content %}
 
   {{ page_header(
-    'Upload a list of {}'.format(recipient_count_label(999, template.template_type)),
+    'Upload a list of {}'.format(999|recipient_count_label(template.template_type)),
     back_link=url_for('main.send_one_off', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=template.id)
   ) }}
 
diff --git a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/column-errors.html b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/column-errors.html
index 24c4c6a53..be2bdc605 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/column-errors.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/column-errors.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, text_field, index_field, hidden_field_heading %}
 {% from "components/file-upload.html" import file_upload %}
 {% from "components/back-link/macro.njk" import govukBackLink %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, recipient_count_label %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 
 {% block service_page_title %}
   Error
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <h1 class='banner-title' data-module="track-error" data-error-type="Trial mode: bad recipients" data-error-label="{{ upload_id }}">
           You cannot save
           {{ 'this' if recipients|length == 1 else 'these' }}
-          {{ recipient_count_label(recipients|length, recipients.template_type) }}
+          {{ recipients|length|recipient_count_label(recipients.template_type) }}
         </h1>
         <p class="govuk-body">
           In <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state" href="{{ url_for('.trial_mode_new') }}">trial mode</a> you can only
diff --git a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/contact-list.html b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/contact-list.html
index 4fbd5397f..c7d1bab98 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/contact-list.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/contact-list.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% from "components/radios.html" import radio_select %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, text_field, index_field, hidden_field_heading, row, row_heading %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, recipient_count, recipient_count_label, iteration_count %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, iteration_count %}
 {% from "components/button/macro.njk" import govukButton %}
 
 {% block service_page_title %}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   {% endif %}
 
   <h2 class="govuk-heading-m govuk-!-margin-bottom-2">
-    {{ recipient_count(contact_list.recipients|length, contact_list.template_type, prefix='saved') }}
+    {{ contact_list.recipients|length|format_thousands }} saved {{ contact_list.recipients|length|recipient_count_label(contact_list.template_type) }}
   </h2>
 
   {% set recipient_column = contact_list.recipients.column_headers[0] %}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
   <div class="body-copy-table">
     {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
       contact_list.recipients.displayed_rows,
-      caption=recipient_count_label(contact_list.recipients|length, contact_list.template_type)|capitalize,
+      caption=contact_list.recipients|length|recipient_count_label(contact_list.template_type)|capitalize,
       caption_visible=False,
       field_headings=[recipient_column],
       field_headings_visible=False,
diff --git a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/ok.html b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/ok.html
index 1db87a58a..43d7363a1 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/ok.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/uploads/contact-list/ok.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% from "components/radios.html" import radio_select %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, text_field, index_field, hidden_field_heading %}
 {% from "components/page-header.html" import page_header %}
-{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label, recipient_count_label %}
+{% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 {% from "components/button/macro.njk" import govukButton %}
 
 {% block service_page_title %}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   ) }}
 
   <p class="govuk-body">
-    {{ recipients|length|format_thousands }} {{ recipient_count_label(recipients|length, recipients.template_type) }} found
+    {{ recipients|length|recipient_count(recipients.template_type) }} found
   </p>
 
   <div class="bottom-gutter-3-2">