diff --git a/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.spec.js b/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.spec.js
index fef8bca5..5e6765b2 100644
--- a/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.spec.js
+++ b/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.spec.js
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ describe('TextboxQuestion', () => {
             });
 
             // Assert
-            expect(wrapper.vm.questionText).toBe(cmsContent);
+            expect(wrapper.vm.questionTextForAria).toBe(cmsContent);
         });
         describe('"value" should', () => {
             test('get the modelValue prop', () => {
diff --git a/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.vue b/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.vue
index 31402629..6058fd52 100644
--- a/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.vue
+++ b/src/digital-components/textbox-question/textbox-question.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <label
             v-if="displayQuestionText"
             :for="inputId"
-            :aria-label="questionText"
+            :aria-label="questionTextForAria"
             class="form-label"
             :class="[questionAlignment === 'center' ? 'text-center w-100 mb-5' : '']"
             v-html="questionText"></label>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 :aria-disabled="isDisabled"
                 :disabled="isDisabled"
                 :aria-required="isRequired"
-                :aria-label="questionText"
+                :aria-label="questionTextForAria"
                 :min="min"
                 :max="max"
                 :required="isRequired"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
 <script>
 import { useField, validate } from 'vee-validate';
+import { extractSpanText } from '@/helpers/text-helper';
 
 export default {
     name: 'textbox-question',
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ export default {
         questionText() {
             return this.getCmsContent(this.cmsWidgetName, 'QuestionText');
         },
+        questionTextForAria() {
+            return extractSpanText(this.getCmsContent(this.cmsWidgetName, 'QuestionText'));
+        },
         value: {
             get() {
                 return this.modelValue;
diff --git a/src/helpers/text-helper.js b/src/helpers/text-helper.js
index 6ff5ad47..13e65e11 100644
--- a/src/helpers/text-helper.js
+++ b/src/helpers/text-helper.js
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export function stripRteStyle(stringWithStyleTag) {
     return stringWithStyleTag.replace(regexExp, '');
 }
 
+export function extractSpanText(spanElement) {
+    const tempContainer = document.createElement('div');
+    tempContainer.innerHTML = spanElement;
+    return tempContainer.textContent || tempContainer.innerText || '';
+}
+
 /**
  * @function createOrderedListFromStringOfParagraphs
  * @summary
diff --git a/src/layouts/welcome-page/welcome-page.vue b/src/layouts/welcome-page/welcome-page.vue
index 313ca9e4..aa81ea1a 100644
--- a/src/layouts/welcome-page/welcome-page.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/welcome-page/welcome-page.vue
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
                             cmsWidgetName="HelpTextWidget"
                             linkType="navigation"
                             href="javascript:void(0)"
-                            class="mt-3 text-left"
+                            class="mb-5 text-left"
                             @clickEvent="handleHelpLinkClick" />
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/styles/common-styles.scss b/src/styles/common-styles.scss
index 2aa71a2e..01208d7f 100644
--- a/src/styles/common-styles.scss
+++ b/src/styles/common-styles.scss
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ body {
             width: 58.33333333%;
         }
     }
+
+    div.textbox-question {
+        label {
+            span.sub-caption {
+                font-weight: 400;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 :root {