diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 6fff94f5e..01f7734c2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     !current_page?(notifications_path) && (authenticated_user_has_notifications? || unauthenticated_user_has_notifications?)
   end
 
-  def notification_count
-    if current_user.present?
-      current_user.active_unread_notifications.count
-    else
-      Notification.active_unauthenticated_notifications.count
-    end
-  end
-
-  def notification
-    if current_user.present?
-      current_user.newest_active_unread_notification
-    else
-      Notification.newest_active_unauthenticated_notification
-    end
-  end
-
 private
 
   def paginated_title(title, pagy)
diff --git a/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab4c8ec21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module NotificationsHelper
+  def notification_count
+    if current_user.present?
+      current_user.active_unread_notifications.count
+    else
+      Notification.active_unauthenticated_notifications.count
+    end
+  end
+
+  def notification
+    if current_user.present?
+      current_user.newest_active_unread_notification
+    else
+      Notification.newest_active_unauthenticated_notification
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 3a6924ae2..1ed5014c3 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     end %>
 
     <% if notifications_to_display? %>
-      <%= render "notifications/notification_banner", notification_count:, notification: %>
+      <%= render "notifications/notification_banner" %>
     <% end %>
 
     <% feedback_link = govuk_link_to "giving us your feedback (opens in a new tab)", t("feedback_form"), rel: "noreferrer noopener", target: "_blank" %>