diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/textarea/template.njk b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/textarea/template.njk
index 6ebeaeb913..fe619a26d8 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/textarea/template.njk
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/textarea/template.njk
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 {#- a record of other elements that we need to associate with the input using
   aria-describedby – for example hints or error messages -#}
 {% set describedBy = params.describedBy if params.describedBy else "" %}
-<div class="govuk-form-group {%- if params.errorMessage %} govuk-form-group--error{% endif %} {%- if params.formGroup.classes %} {{ params.formGroup.classes }}{% endif %}" {%- for attribute, value in params.formGroup.attributes %} {{ attribute }}="{{ value }}"{% endfor %}>
+
+{#- Capture the HTML so we can indent separately to the <textarea> -#}
+{% set innerHtml -%}
   {{ govukLabel({
     html: params.label.html,
     text: params.label.text,
@@ -37,10 +39,14 @@
     visuallyHiddenText: params.errorMessage.visuallyHiddenText
   }) | trim | indent(2) }}
 {% endif %}
+{%- endset %}
+
+<div class="govuk-form-group {%- if params.errorMessage %} govuk-form-group--error{% endif %} {%- if params.formGroup.classes %} {{ params.formGroup.classes }}{% endif %}" {%- for attribute, value in params.formGroup.attributes %} {{ attribute }}="{{ value }}"{% endfor %}>
+  {{ innerHtml | safe | trim }}
   <textarea class="govuk-textarea {%- if params.errorMessage %} govuk-textarea--error{% endif %} {%- if params.classes %} {{ params.classes }}{% endif %}" id="{{ params.id }}" name="{{ params.name }}" rows="{{ params.rows | default(5, true) }}"
-  {%- if (params.spellcheck === false) or (params.spellcheck === true) %} spellcheck="{{ params.spellcheck }}"{% endif %}
-  {%- if params.disabled %} disabled{% endif %}
-  {%- if describedBy %} aria-describedby="{{ describedBy }}"{% endif %}
-  {%- if params.autocomplete %} autocomplete="{{ params.autocomplete }}"{% endif %}
-  {%- for attribute, value in params.attributes %} {{ attribute }}="{{ value }}"{% endfor %}>{{ params.value }}</textarea>
+    {%- if (params.spellcheck === false) or (params.spellcheck === true) %} spellcheck="{{ params.spellcheck }}"{% endif %}
+    {%- if params.disabled %} disabled{% endif %}
+    {%- if describedBy %} aria-describedby="{{ describedBy }}"{% endif %}
+    {%- if params.autocomplete %} autocomplete="{{ params.autocomplete }}"{% endif %}
+    {%- for attribute, value in params.attributes %} {{ attribute }}="{{ value }}"{% endfor %}>{{ params.value }}</textarea>
 </div>