diff --git a/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_govspeak.html.erb b/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_govspeak.html.erb
index ac1d87fdb9..8aca95bb6e 100644
--- a/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_govspeak.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/landing_page/blocks/_govspeak.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+<%-
+ margin_top = block.data["margin_top"]
+ margin_bot = block.data["margin_bottom"]
+
+ classes = ""
+ classes << "govuk-!-margin-top-#{margin_top} " if margin_top
+ classes << "govuk-!-margin-bottom-#{margin_bot} " if margin_bot
+%>
+
+<% if classes.present? %>
+
+<% end %>
<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/govspeak", { inverse: block.data["inverse"] } do %>
<%= block.data["content"].html_safe %>
<% end %>
+<% if classes.present? %>
+
+<% end %>
diff --git a/lib/data/landing_page_content_items/landing_page.yaml b/lib/data/landing_page_content_items/landing_page.yaml
index 2c226a91d4..5d6a450aec 100644
--- a/lib/data/landing_page_content_items/landing_page.yaml
+++ b/lib/data/landing_page_content_items/landing_page.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ blocks:
content: Right content!
- type: govspeak
content: Statistics
+ margin_top: 5
+ margin_bottom: 5
- type: hero
theme: middle_left
image: