diff --git a/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py b/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
index 806689567..7030b9bc5 100644
--- a/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
+++ b/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def send_letter_jobs():
     job_ids = validate(request.get_json(), letter_job_ids)
     notify_celery.send_task(name="send-files-to-dvla", args=(job_ids['job_ids'],), queue="process-ftp")
 
-    return "Task created to send files to DVLA"
+    return jsonify(data={"response": "Task created to send files to DVLA"}), 201
 
 
 @letter_job.route('/letter-jobs', methods=['GET'])
diff --git a/tests/app/letters/test_send_letter_jobs.py b/tests/app/letters/test_send_letter_jobs.py
index f006a981d..7f1d88c85 100644
--- a/tests/app/letters/test_send_letter_jobs.py
+++ b/tests/app/letters/test_send_letter_jobs.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def test_send_letter_jobs(client, mocker):
         data=json.dumps(job_ids),
         headers=[('Content-Type', 'application/json'), auth_header])
 
-    assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert response.get_data(as_text=True) == "Task created to send files to DVLA"
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    assert json.loads(response.get_data())['data'] == {'response': "Task created to send files to DVLA"}
 
     mock_celery.assert_called_once_with(name="send-files-to-dvla",
                                         args=(job_ids['job_ids'],),