diff --git a/src/components/form-elements/button/Button.tsx b/src/components/form-elements/button/Button.tsx
index 333e5c4d..27377ade 100644
--- a/src/components/form-elements/button/Button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/form-elements/button/Button.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-import React, { FC, HTMLProps } from 'react';
+import React, { EventHandler, FC, HTMLProps, KeyboardEvent, SyntheticEvent, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
+// Debounce timeout - default 1 second
+export const DefaultButtonDebounceTimeout = 1000;
+
 export interface ButtonProps extends HTMLProps<HTMLButtonElement> {
   type?: 'button' | 'submit' | 'reset';
   disabled?: boolean;
   secondary?: boolean;
   reverse?: boolean;
   as?: 'button';
+  preventDoubleClick?: boolean;
+  debounceTimeout?: number;
 }
 
 export interface ButtonLinkProps extends HTMLProps<HTMLAnchorElement> {
@@ -14,6 +19,36 @@ export interface ButtonLinkProps extends HTMLProps<HTMLAnchorElement> {
   secondary?: boolean;
   reverse?: boolean;
   as?: 'a';
+  preventDoubleClick?: boolean;
+  debounceTimeout?: number;
+}
+
+const useDebounceTimeout = (
+  fn?: EventHandler<SyntheticEvent>,
+  timeout: number = DefaultButtonDebounceTimeout,
+) => {
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<number>();
+
+  if (!fn) return undefined;
+
+  const handler: EventHandler<SyntheticEvent> = (event) => {
+    event.persist();
+    
+    if (timeoutRef.current) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      return
+    }
+
+    fn(event);
+
+    timeoutRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      timeoutRef.current = undefined;
+    }, timeout);
+
+  }
+
+  return handler;
 }
 
 export const Button: FC<ButtonProps> = ({
@@ -22,24 +57,31 @@ export const Button: FC<ButtonProps> = ({
   secondary,
   reverse,
   type = 'submit',
+  preventDoubleClick = false,
+  debounceTimeout = DefaultButtonDebounceTimeout,
+  onClick,
   ...rest
-}) => (
-  // eslint-disable-next-line react/button-has-type
-  <button
-    className={classNames(
-      'nhsuk-button',
-      { 'nhsuk-button--disabled': disabled },
-      { 'nhsuk-button--secondary': secondary },
-      { 'nhsuk-button--reverse': reverse },
-      className,
-    )}
-    disabled={disabled}
-    aria-disabled={disabled ? 'true' : 'false'}
-    type={type}
-    {...rest}
-  />
-);
+}) => {
+  const debouncedHandleClick = useDebounceTimeout(onClick, debounceTimeout);
 
+  return (
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/button-has-type
+    <button
+      className={classNames(
+        'nhsuk-button',
+        { 'nhsuk-button--disabled': disabled },
+        { 'nhsuk-button--secondary': secondary },
+        { 'nhsuk-button--reverse': reverse },
+        className,
+      )}
+      disabled={disabled}
+      aria-disabled={disabled ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      type={type}
+      onClick={preventDoubleClick ? debouncedHandleClick : onClick}
+      {...rest}
+    />
+  );
+}
 export const ButtonLink: FC<ButtonLinkProps> = ({
   className,
   role = 'button',
@@ -48,8 +90,28 @@ export const ButtonLink: FC<ButtonLinkProps> = ({
   disabled,
   secondary,
   reverse,
+  preventDoubleClick = false,
+  debounceTimeout = DefaultButtonDebounceTimeout,
+  onClick,
   ...rest
-}) => (
+}) => {
+  const debouncedHandleClick = useDebounceTimeout(onClick, debounceTimeout);
+
+  /**
+   * Recreate the shim behaviour from NHS.UK/GOV.UK Frontend
+   * https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/main/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/button/button.mjs
+   * https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/blob/main/packages/components/button/button.js
+   */
+  const handleKeyDown = useCallback((event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+    const { currentTarget } = event;
+
+    if (role === 'button' && event.key === ' ') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      currentTarget.click();
+    }
+  }, [role]);
+
+  return (
   <a
     className={classNames(
       'nhsuk-button',
@@ -61,11 +123,14 @@ export const ButtonLink: FC<ButtonLinkProps> = ({
     role={role}
     aria-disabled={disabled ? 'true' : 'false'}
     draggable={draggable}
+    onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+    onClick={preventDoubleClick ? debouncedHandleClick : onClick}
     {...rest}
   >
     {children}
   </a>
-);
+  );
+}
 
 const ButtonWrapper: FC<ButtonLinkProps | ButtonProps> = ({ href, as, ...rest }) => {
   if (as === 'a') {
diff --git a/src/components/form-elements/button/__tests__/Button.test.tsx b/src/components/form-elements/button/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
index 97c88989..3b1660ae 100644
--- a/src/components/form-elements/button/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/form-elements/button/__tests__/Button.test.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,76 @@ describe('Button', () => {
     ).toBe('true');
     expect(container.querySelector('button.nhsuk-button.nhsuk-button--disabled')).toBeDisabled();
   });
+
+  it('preventDoubleClick calls debounced function', () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    const clickHandler = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <Button preventDoubleClick onClick={clickHandler}>
+        Submit
+      </Button>,
+    );
+    
+    const button = container.querySelector('button');
+    
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    jest.runAllTimers();
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('preventDoubleClick=false calls original function', () => {
+    const clickHandler = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <Button preventDoubleClick={false} onClick={clickHandler}>
+        Submit
+      </Button>,
+    );
+    
+    const button = container.querySelector('button');
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  });
+
+  it('uses custom debounce timeout', () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+
+    const clickHandler = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <Button preventDoubleClick debounceTimeout={5000} onClick={clickHandler}>
+        Submit
+      </Button>,
+    );
+
+    const button = container.querySelector('button');
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    jest.advanceTimersByTime(4999);
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    jest.advanceTimersByTime(1);
+    button?.click();
+    expect(clickHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('ButtonLink', () => {
diff --git a/stories/Form Elements/Button.stories.tsx b/stories/Form Elements/Button.stories.tsx
index 8d82f81d..59d798c0 100644
--- a/stories/Form Elements/Button.stories.tsx	
+++ b/stories/Form Elements/Button.stories.tsx	
@@ -68,3 +68,22 @@ export const Disabled: Story = { args: { disabled: true, children: 'Disabled' }
 export const LinkButton: Story = { args: { href: '/', children: 'As a Link' } };
 export const ForceButton: Story = { args: { as: 'button', children: 'As a Button' } };
 export const ForceAnchor: Story = { args: { as: 'a', children: 'As an Anchor' } };
+export const DebouncedButton: Story = {
+  args: {
+    preventDoubleClick: true,
+    onClick: () => console.log(new Date()),
+    children: 'Debounced Button',
+    debounceTimeout: 5000,
+  },
+  render: (args) => <Button {...args} />,
+};
+export const DebouncedLinkButton: Story = {
+  args: {
+    preventDoubleClick: true,
+    href: '#',
+    onClick: () => console.log(new Date()),
+    children: 'Debounced Button as Link',
+    debounceTimeout: 5000,
+  },
+  render: (args) => <Button {...args} />,
+};