diff --git a/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component.rb b/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component.rb
index 5377ddf3..536467e9 100644
--- a/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component.rb
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ class GovukComponent::AccordionComponent < GovukComponent::Base
       html_attributes: html_attributes,
       summary_text: summary_text,
       heading_text: heading_text,
+      accordion_id: accordion_id,
       &block
     )
   end
 
-  attr_reader :id, :heading_level
+  attr_reader :accordion_id, :heading_level
 
   def initialize(heading_level: 2, classes: [], html_attributes: {})
     @heading_level = heading_tag(heading_level)
+    @accordion_id  = html_attributes[:id]
 
     super(classes: classes, html_attributes: html_attributes)
   end
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ def initialize(heading_level: 2, classes: [], html_attributes: {})
 private
 
   def default_attributes
-    { class: %w(govuk-accordion), data: { module: 'govuk-accordion' } }
+    { class: %w(govuk-accordion), data: { module: 'govuk-accordion' } }.compact
   end
 
   def heading_tag(level)
diff --git a/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component/section_component.rb b/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component/section_component.rb
index a76cc122..d73d8e8f 100644
--- a/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component/section_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/govuk_component/accordion_component/section_component.rb
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 class GovukComponent::AccordionComponent::SectionComponent < GovukComponent::Base
-  attr_reader :heading_text, :summary_text, :expanded, :heading_level
+  attr_reader :heading_text, :summary_text, :expanded, :heading_level, :accordion_id
 
   renders_one :heading_html
   renders_one :summary_html
 
   alias_method :expanded?, :expanded
 
-  def initialize(heading_text:, summary_text:, expanded:, heading_level:, classes: [], html_attributes: {})
+  def initialize(heading_text:, summary_text:, expanded:, heading_level:, accordion_id: nil, classes: [], html_attributes: {})
     @heading_text  = heading_text
     @summary_text  = summary_text
     @expanded      = expanded
     @heading_level = heading_level
+    @accordion_id  = accordion_id
 
     super(classes: classes, html_attributes: html_attributes)
   end
 
   def id(suffix: nil)
+    prefix = @accordion_id
+
     # generate a random number if we don't have heading_text to avoid attempting
     # to parameterize a potentially-huge chunk of HTML
-    @prefix ||= heading_text&.parameterize || SecureRandom.hex(4)
+    @unique_identifier ||= heading_text&.parameterize || SecureRandom.hex(4)
 
-    [@prefix, suffix].compact.join('-')
+    [prefix, @unique_identifier, suffix].compact.join('-')
   end
 
   def heading_content
diff --git a/spec/components/govuk_component/accordion_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/govuk_component/accordion_component_spec.rb
index 663f6662..6e8deb0c 100644
--- a/spec/components/govuk_component/accordion_component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/govuk_component/accordion_component_spec.rb
@@ -43,31 +43,41 @@
   describe 'for each section' do
     specify 'the heading text and content is present' do
       sections.each do |heading_text, content|
-        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { class: 'govuk-accordion__section', id: %(#{heading_text.parameterize}-section) }) do
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { class: 'govuk-accordion__section', id: %(#{id}-#{heading_text.parameterize}-section) }) do
           with_tag('h2', class: 'govuk-accordion__section-heading') do
-            with_tag('span', text: heading_text, with: { id: heading_text.parameterize, class: 'govuk-accordion__section-button' })
+            with_tag('span', text: heading_text, with: { id: %(#{id}-#{heading_text.parameterize}), class: 'govuk-accordion__section-button' })
           end
 
-          with_tag('div', with: { id: %(#{heading_text.parameterize}-content), class: 'govuk-accordion__section-content' }, text: content)
+          with_tag('div', with: { id: %(#{id}-#{heading_text.parameterize}-content), class: 'govuk-accordion__section-content' }, text: content)
         end
       end
     end
 
     specify 'each section ID matches the content aria-labelledby' do
       sections.each_key do |heading_text|
-        id = heading_text.parameterize
+        expected_id = %(#{id}-#{heading_text.parameterize})
 
-        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('span', with: { id: id, class: 'govuk-accordion__section-button' })
-        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { 'aria-labelledby' => id })
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('span', with: { id: expected_id, class: 'govuk-accordion__section-button' })
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { 'aria-labelledby' => expected_id })
       end
     end
 
     specify 'each section ID matches the button aria-controls' do
       sections.each_key do |heading_text|
-        id = heading_text.parameterize
+        expected_id = %(#{id}-#{heading_text.parameterize}-content)
 
-        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { id: %(#{id}-content) })
-        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('span', with: { 'aria-controls' => %(#{id}-content) })
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('div', with: { id: expected_id })
+        expect(rendered_content).to have_tag('span', with: { 'aria-controls' => expected_id })
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'building unique section ids' do
+    context 'when the accordion has an ID' do
+      let(:kwargs) { { html_attributes: { id: id } } }
+
+      specify 'the accordion id is prefixes the section id' do
+        expect(html.css('.govuk-accordion__section').map { |e| e[:id] }).to all(start_with(id))
       end
     end
   end