diff --git a/app/main/views/dashboard.py b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
index b7e64997c1..437ff0644c 100644
--- a/app/main/views/dashboard.py
+++ b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ def get_dashboard_partials(service_id):
                 [row['count'] for row in template_statistics] or [0]
             ),
         ),
-        'has_template_statistics': bool(template_statistics),
         'jobs': render_template(
             'views/dashboard/_jobs.html',
             jobs=immediate_jobs
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
index e480efe958..718187a7b8 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ <h2 class="heading-medium">
       'See messages sent per month'
     ) }}
 
-    {% if partials['has_template_statistics'] %}
-      {{ ajax_block(partials, updates_url, 'template-statistics', interval=5) }}
-      {{ show_more(
-        url_for('.template_usage', service_id=current_service.id),
-        'See templates used by month'
-      ) }}
-    {% endif %}
+    {{ ajax_block(partials, updates_url, 'template-statistics', interval=5) }}
 
     {% if partials['has_jobs'] %}
       {{ ajax_block(partials, updates_url, 'jobs', interval=5) }}
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
index 1c2564035b..cb3554afaf 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/template-statistics.html
@@ -2,46 +2,44 @@
 {% from "components/message-count-label.html" import message_count_label %}
 {% from "components/big-number.html" import big_number %}
 {% from "components/table.html" import list_table, field, right_aligned_field_heading, row_heading, spark_bar_field %}
+{% from "components/show-more.html" import show_more %}
 
-<div class='dashboard-table'>
-  {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
-    template_statistics,
-    caption="Templates used",
-    caption_visible=False,
-    empty_message='',
-    field_headings=[
-      'Template',
-      'Messages sent'
-    ],
-    field_headings_visible=True
-  ) %}
+<div class="ajax-block-container">
+  {% if template_statistics|length > 1 %}
+    <div class='dashboard-table'>
+      {% call(item, row_number) list_table(
+        template_statistics,
+        caption="Templates used",
+        caption_visible=False,
+        empty_message='',
+        field_headings=[
+          'Template',
+          'Messages sent'
+        ],
+        field_headings_visible=True
+      ) %}
 
-    {% call row_heading() %}
-      {% if item.is_precompiled_letter %}
-      <span class="file-list-filename">
-      Provided as PDF
-      </span>
-      <span class="file-list-hint">
-        Letter
-      </span>
-      {% else %}
-      <a class="file-list-filename" href="{{ url_for('.view_template', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=item.template_id) }}">{{ item.template_name }}</a>
-      <span class="file-list-hint">
-        {{ message_count_label(1, item.template_type, suffix='template')|capitalize }}
-      </span>
-      {% endif %}
-    {% endcall %}
-    {% if template_statistics|length > 1 %}
-      {{ spark_bar_field(item.count, most_used_template_count, id=item.template_id) }}
-    {% else %}
-      {% call field() %}
-        <span id='{{item.template_id}}' class="heading-small">
-          {{ big_number(
-            item.count,
-            smallest=True
-          ) }}
-        </span>
+        {% call row_heading() %}
+          {% if item.is_precompiled_letter %}
+          <span class="file-list-filename">
+          Provided as PDF
+          </span>
+          <span class="file-list-hint">
+            Letter
+          </span>
+          {% else %}
+          <a class="file-list-filename" href="{{ url_for('.view_template', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=item.template_id) }}">{{ item.template_name }}</a>
+          <span class="file-list-hint">
+            {{ message_count_label(1, item.template_type, suffix='template')|capitalize }}
+          </span>
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endcall %}
+        {{ spark_bar_field(item.count, most_used_template_count, id=item.template_id) }}
       {% endcall %}
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endcall %}
+      {{ show_more(
+        url_for('.template_usage', service_id=current_service.id),
+        'See templates used by month'
+      ) }}
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index c06057af1f..409c98362d 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -496,6 +496,45 @@ def test_should_show_recent_templates_on_dashboard(
     assert '100' in table_rows[3].find_all('td')[0].text
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('stats', (
+    pytest.param(
+        [stub_template_stats[0]],
+    ),
+    pytest.param(
+        [stub_template_stats[0], stub_template_stats[1]],
+        marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=AssertionError),
+    )
+))
+def test_should_not_show_recent_templates_on_dashboard_if_only_one_template_used(
+    client_request,
+    mocker,
+    mock_get_service_templates,
+    mock_get_jobs,
+    mock_get_service_statistics,
+    mock_get_usage,
+    mock_get_inbound_sms_summary,
+    stats,
+):
+    mock_template_stats = mocker.patch(
+        'app.template_statistics_client.get_template_statistics_for_service',
+        return_value=stats,
+    )
+
+    page = client_request.get('main.service_dashboard', service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID)
+    main = page.select_one('main').text
+
+    mock_template_stats.assert_called_once_with(SERVICE_ONE_ID, limit_days=7)
+
+    assert stats[0]['template_name'] == 'one'
+    assert stats[0]['template_name'] not in main
+
+    # count appears as total, but not per template
+    expected_count = stats[0]['count']
+    assert expected_count == 50
+    assert main.count(str(expected_count)) == 1
+    assert '50 text messages sent' in normalize_spaces(main)
+
+
 @freeze_time("2016-07-01 12:00")  # 4 months into 2016 financial year
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('extra_args', [
     {},
@@ -763,7 +802,7 @@ def test_should_show_recent_jobs_on_dashboard(
     assert third_call[1]['limit_days'] == 7
     assert 'scheduled' not in third_call[1]['statuses']
 
-    table_rows = page.find_all('tbody')[2].find_all('tr')
+    table_rows = page.find_all('tbody')[1].find_all('tr')
 
     assert len(table_rows) == 4