diff --git a/app/components/tables/table-with-more-columns.njk b/app/components/tables/table-with-more-columns.njk
index ff1e222d0..1c71c4b17 100644
--- a/app/components/tables/table-with-more-columns.njk
+++ b/app/components/tables/table-with-more-columns.njk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                   text: "stephanie.meyer9@test.com",
-                  classes: "nhsuk-table__cell--break-word"
+                  classes: "nhsuk-u-word-break-all"
                 },
                 {
                   text: "Active"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                   text: "aleksandrina.featherstonehaughwhitehead23@folkestonepharmacy.test.com",
-                  classes: "nhsuk-table__cell--break-word"
+                  classes: "nhsuk-u-word-break-all"
                 },
                 {
                   text: "Inactive"
diff --git a/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss b/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
index 9cb71572c..f05fcc5e8 100644
--- a/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
+++ b/packages/components/tables/_tables.scss
@@ -174,8 +174,3 @@
 .nhsuk-table__cell--numeric {
   text-align: right;
 }
-
-.nhsuk-table__header--break-word,
-.nhsuk-table__cell--break-word {
-  word-break: break-all;
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/all.scss b/packages/core/all.scss
index 0c35075a2..dfd9b6c5b 100644
--- a/packages/core/all.scss
+++ b/packages/core/all.scss
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@
 @import "utilities/typography";
 @import "utilities/visually-hidden";
 @import "utilities/widths";
+@import "utilities/word-breaks";
diff --git a/packages/core/utilities/_word-breaks.scss b/packages/core/utilities/_word-breaks.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca7ebc6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utilities/_word-breaks.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// ==========================================================================
+// UTILITIES / #WORD-BREAK
+// ==========================================================================
+
+/**
+ * This class allows words to be broken between any 2
+ * to avoid overflowing their container.
+ *
+ * This can be useful on table cells which could contain
+ * long strings such as email addresses.
+ *
+ * Usage: class="nhsuk-u-word-break-all"
+ */
+.nhsuk-u-word-break-all {
+  word-break: break-all;
+}