diff --git a/src/server/common/model/answer/cph-number/cph-number.js b/src/server/common/model/answer/cph-number/cph-number.js
index 564baefb..a5e5ef32 100644
--- a/src/server/common/model/answer/cph-number/cph-number.js
+++ b/src/server/common/model/answer/cph-number/cph-number.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { TextAnswer } from '../text/text.js'
 
+/** @import { TextConfig } from '../text/text.js' */
+
 const cphNumberRegex = /^(\d{2})\/(\d{3})\/(\d{4})$/i
 
 const invalidCphNumberError =
@@ -15,9 +17,13 @@ const emptyCphNumberError = 'Enter the farm or premises CPH number'
  * @augments {TextAnswer<CphNumberPayload>}
  */
 export class CphNumberAnswer extends TextAnswer {
+  /** @type {TextConfig} */
   static config = {
     payloadKey: 'cphNumber',
     stripWhitespace: true,
+    autocomplete: 'cph-number',
+    characterWidth: 10,
+    hint: 'For example, 12/345/6789',
     validation: {
       maxLength: { value: 11, message: invalidCphNumberError },
       pattern: { regex: cphNumberRegex, message: invalidCphNumberError },
diff --git a/src/server/common/model/answer/email/email-address.js b/src/server/common/model/answer/email/email-address.js
index 63c4cb22..f031c677 100644
--- a/src/server/common/model/answer/email/email-address.js
+++ b/src/server/common/model/answer/email/email-address.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { TextAnswer } from '../text/text.js'
 
+/** @import {TextConfig} from '../text/text.js' */
+
 const emailAddressRegex = /^[^@]+@[^@]+$/
 
 const maxLength = 255
@@ -17,9 +19,14 @@ const invalidAddressError =
  * @augments {TextAnswer<EmailAddressPayload>}
  */
 export class EmailAddressAnswer extends TextAnswer {
+  /** @type {TextConfig} */
   static config = {
     payloadKey: 'emailAddress',
     stripWhitespace: true,
+    type: 'email',
+    spellcheck: false,
+    autocomplete: 'email-address',
+    characterWidth: 20,
     validation: {
       pattern: { regex: emailAddressRegex, message: invalidAddressError },
       maxLength: { value: maxLength, message: invalidAddressError },
diff --git a/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.js b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.js
index a5609351..a8b76e73 100644
--- a/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.js
+++ b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { AnswerModel } from '../answer-model.js'
 import { validateAnswerAgainstSchema } from '../validation.js'
 import { NotImplementedError } from '../../../helpers/not-implemented-error.js'
 
+/** @import {AnswerViewModelOptions} from '../answer-model.js' */
+
 /**
  * @param {TextConfig} config
  * @returns {Joi.Schema}
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ const whitespaceRegex = /\s+/g
  * export @typedef {{
  *  payloadKey: string,
  *  stripWhitespace?: boolean,
+ *  type?: 'email',               // the default is text, so no need to specify
+ *  spellcheck?: false,
+ *  characterWidth?: 10 | 20,
+ *  autocomplete?: string,
+ *  hint?: string,
  *  validation: {
  *    maxLength: { value: number, message: string },
  *    empty: { message: string },
@@ -98,6 +105,45 @@ export class TextAnswer extends AnswerModel {
     )
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param {AnswerViewModelOptions} options
+   */
+  viewModel({ validate }) {
+    const { payloadKey, type, spellcheck, autocomplete, characterWidth, hint } =
+      this.config
+    const viewModel = {
+      id: payloadKey,
+      name: payloadKey,
+      value: this.value
+    }
+
+    if (characterWidth) {
+      viewModel.classes = `govuk-input--width-${characterWidth}`
+    }
+
+    if (autocomplete) {
+      viewModel.autocomplete = autocomplete
+    }
+
+    if (type) {
+      viewModel.type = type
+    }
+
+    if (hint) {
+      viewModel.hint = { text: hint }
+    }
+
+    if (spellcheck === false) {
+      viewModel.spellcheck = false
+    }
+
+    if (validate) {
+      viewModel.errorMessage = this.validate().errors[payloadKey]
+    }
+
+    return viewModel
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {Payload} fields
    */
diff --git a/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.njk b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.njk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecd6a734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.njk
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% from "govuk/components/input/macro.njk" import govukInput %}
+{% from "govuk/components/fieldset/macro.njk" import govukFieldset %}
+
+{% call govukFieldset() %}
+  {{ govukInput(answer.viewModel(viewModelOptions)) }}
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.test.js b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.test.js
index 9b790313..7d390559 100644
--- a/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.test.js
+++ b/src/server/common/model/answer/text/text.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { TextAnswer } from './text.js'
 /** @import {TextConfig} from './text.js' */
 
+const maxLengthError = 'Text exceeds maximum length (40)'
+
 /** @type {TextConfig} */
 const textConfig = {
   payloadKey: 'textPayload',
   validation: {
-    maxLength: { value: 40, message: 'Text exceeds maximum length (40)' },
+    maxLength: { value: 40, message: maxLengthError },
     empty: { message: 'Text must not be empty' }
   }
 }
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ const validPayload = {
   textPayload: 'some text'
 }
 
+const longAnswer = new Array(41).fill('a').join('')
+const invalidPayload = {
+  textPayload: longAnswer
+}
+
 describe('TextAnswer.new', () => {
   it('should strip away any irrelevant values', () => {
     const payload = { ...validPayload, nextPage: '/other/page' }
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ describe('TextAnswer.new', () => {
 describe('TextAnswer.validate', () => {
   it('should error if max length is exceeded', () => {
     const textAnswer = new TestTextAnswer({
-      textPayload: new Array(41).fill('a').join('')
+      textPayload: longAnswer
     })
     const { isValid, errors } = textAnswer.validate()
 
@@ -220,3 +227,68 @@ describe('TestAnswer.html', () => {
     expect(textAnswer.html).toBe('')
   })
 })
+
+describe('TestAnswer.viewModel (without any extra options)', () => {
+  const textAnswer = new TestTextAnswer(invalidPayload)
+
+  it('should return data to render without errors (if validate is false)', () => {
+    expect(textAnswer.viewModel({ validate: false })).toEqual({
+      id: 'textPayload',
+      name: 'textPayload',
+      value: textAnswer.value
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should return data to render with errors (if validate is true)', () => {
+    expect(textAnswer.viewModel({ validate: true })).toEqual({
+      id: 'textPayload',
+      name: 'textPayload',
+      value: textAnswer.value,
+      errorMessage: { text: maxLengthError }
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe('TestAnswer.viewModel (with all optional options)', () => {
+  /** @type {TextConfig} */
+  const textConfigWithExtraOptions = {
+    ...textConfig,
+    type: 'email',
+    autocomplete: 'email-address',
+    spellcheck: false,
+    characterWidth: 20,
+    hint: 'Enter your email'
+  }
+
+  class ExtraOptionsTextAnswer extends TextAnswer {
+    static config = textConfigWithExtraOptions
+  }
+  const textAnswer = new ExtraOptionsTextAnswer(invalidPayload)
+
+  it('should return data to render without errors (if validate is false)', () => {
+    expect(textAnswer.viewModel({ validate: false })).toEqual({
+      id: 'textPayload',
+      name: 'textPayload',
+      type: 'email',
+      hint: { text: 'Enter your email' },
+      spellcheck: false,
+      autocomplete: 'email-address',
+      classes: 'govuk-input--width-20',
+      value: textAnswer.value
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should return data to render with errors (if validate is true)', () => {
+    expect(textAnswer.viewModel({ validate: true })).toEqual({
+      id: 'textPayload',
+      name: 'textPayload',
+      type: 'email',
+      hint: { text: 'Enter your email' },
+      spellcheck: false,
+      autocomplete: 'email-address',
+      classes: 'govuk-input--width-20',
+      value: textAnswer.value,
+      errorMessage: { text: maxLengthError }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/server/licence/email-address/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/src/server/licence/email-address/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 119bd41f..dc6f9796 100644
--- a/src/server/licence/email-address/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/server/licence/email-address/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ exports[`EmailAddressPage EmailAddressPage.content should render expected respon
         <input type="hidden" name="nextPage" value="">
 
 <fieldset class="govuk-fieldset">
-
-    <div class="govuk-form-group">
+  <div class="govuk-form-group">
   
   <input class="govuk-input govuk-input--width-20" id="emailAddress" name="emailAddress" type="email" spellcheck="false" autocomplete="email-address">
 </div>
diff --git a/src/server/licence/email-address/index.njk b/src/server/licence/email-address/index.njk
index 5930975d..0e9bbb33 100644
--- a/src/server/licence/email-address/index.njk
+++ b/src/server/licence/email-address/index.njk
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-{% from "govuk/components/input/macro.njk" import govukInput %}
-{% from "govuk/components/fieldset/macro.njk" import govukFieldset %}
 {% extends 'layouts/questions.njk' %}
 
 {% block questions %}
-
-  {% call govukFieldset() %}
-
-    {{
-      govukInput({
-        id: "emailAddress",
-        name: "emailAddress",
-        type: "email",
-        spellcheck: false,
-        autocomplete: "email-address",
-        classes: "govuk-input--width-20",
-        value: value,
-        errorMessage: errors.emailAddress
-      })
-    }}
-  {% endcall %}
+  {% include "model/answer/text/text.njk" %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/server/origin/cph-number/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/src/server/origin/cph-number/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 5d0b6a00..9d3ccdbf 100644
--- a/src/server/origin/cph-number/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/server/origin/cph-number/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ exports[`CphNumberPage #cphNumberPage.content licenceSummaryPage.content should
         <input type="hidden" name="nextPage" value="">
 
 <fieldset class="govuk-fieldset">
-    <div class="govuk-form-group">
+  <div class="govuk-form-group">
   
   <div id="cphNumber-hint" class="govuk-hint">
     For example, 12/345/6789
diff --git a/src/server/origin/cph-number/index.njk b/src/server/origin/cph-number/index.njk
index 62383cba..0e9bbb33 100644
--- a/src/server/origin/cph-number/index.njk
+++ b/src/server/origin/cph-number/index.njk
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-{% from "govuk/components/input/macro.njk" import govukInput %}
-{% from "govuk/components/fieldset/macro.njk" import govukFieldset %}
 {% extends 'layouts/questions.njk' %}
 
 {% block questions %}
-
-  {% call govukFieldset() %}
-    {{
-      govukInput({
-        id: "cphNumber",
-        name: "cphNumber",
-        autocomplete: "cph-number",
-        classes: "govuk-input--width-10",
-        value: value,
-        errorMessage: errors.cphNumber,
-        hint: {
-          text: "For example, 12/345/6789"
-        }
-      })
-    }}
-  {% endcall %}
+  {% include "model/answer/text/text.njk" %}
 {% endblock %}