diff --git a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/app.py b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/app.py
index 6246a807c..70375fafe 100644
--- a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/app.py
+++ b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/app.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 from eligibility_signposting_api import audit, repos, services
 from eligibility_signposting_api.common.error_handler import handle_exception
 from eligibility_signposting_api.common.request_validator import validate_request_params
-from eligibility_signposting_api.config.config import config, init_logging
+from eligibility_signposting_api.config.config import config
+from eligibility_signposting_api.logging.logs_manager import add_request_id_to_logs, init_logging
 from eligibility_signposting_api.views import eligibility_blueprint
 
 init_logging()
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ def main() -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     app.run(debug=config()["log_level"] == logging.DEBUG)
 
 
+@add_request_id_to_logs()
 @validate_request_params()
 def lambda_handler(event: LambdaEvent, context: LambdaContext) -> dict[str, Any]:  # pragma: no cover
     """Run the Flask app as an AWS Lambda."""
diff --git a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/audit/audit_models.py b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/audit/audit_models.py
index 17467130f..d80409a8c 100644
--- a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/audit/audit_models.py
+++ b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/audit/audit_models.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class AuditCondition(CamelCaseBaseModel):
 
 class ResponseAuditData(CamelCaseBaseModel):
     response_id: UUID | None = None
-    last_updated: str | None = None
+    last_updated: datetime | None = None
     condition: list[AuditCondition] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
diff --git a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/config/config.py b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/config/config.py
index 722e90133..49faeff6b 100644
--- a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/config/config.py
+++ b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/config/config.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
-from collections.abc import Sequence
 from functools import cache
 from typing import Any, NewType
 
-from pythonjsonlogger.json import JsonFormatter
 from yarl import URL
 
 from eligibility_signposting_api.repos.campaign_repo import BucketName
@@ -57,16 +55,3 @@ def config() -> dict[str, Any]:
         "kinesis_audit_stream_to_s3": kinesis_audit_stream_to_s3,
         "log_level": log_level,
     }
-
-
-def init_logging(quieten: Sequence[str] = ("asyncio", "botocore", "boto3", "mangum", "urllib3")) -> None:
-    log_format = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s %(module)s.py:%(funcName)s():%(lineno)d %(message)s"
-    formatter = JsonFormatter(log_format)
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logging.root.handlers = []  # Clear any existing handlers
-    logging.root.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)  # Set log level
-    logging.root.addHandler(handler)  # Add handler
-
-    for q in quieten:
-        logging.getLogger(q).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
diff --git a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/logging/__init__.py b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/logging/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/eligibility_signposting_api/logging/logs_manager.py b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/logging/logs_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..093c06dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/eligibility_signposting_api/logging/logs_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from contextvars import ContextVar
+from functools import wraps
+from typing import Any
+
+from mangum.types import LambdaContext, LambdaEvent
+from pythonjsonlogger.json import JsonFormatter
+
+from eligibility_signposting_api.config.config import LOG_LEVEL
+
+request_id_context_var: ContextVar[str | None] = ContextVar("request_id", default=None)
+
+LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)s %(module)s.py:%(funcName)s():%(lineno)d %(message)s"
+
+
+def add_request_id_to_logs() -> Callable:
+    def decorator(func: Callable) -> Callable:
+        @wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(event: LambdaEvent, context: LambdaContext) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+            aws_request_id = request_id_context_var.set(context.aws_request_id)
+            try:
+                return func(event, context)
+            finally:
+                request_id_context_var.reset(aws_request_id)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    return decorator
+
+
+class EnrichedJsonFormatter(JsonFormatter):
+    def add_fields(self, log_record: dict[str, Any], record: logging.LogRecord, message_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        log_record["request_id"] = request_id_context_var.get() or "-"
+        super().add_fields(log_record, record, message_dict)
+
+
+def init_logging(quieten: Sequence[str] = ("asyncio", "botocore", "boto3", "mangum", "urllib3")) -> None:
+    formatter = EnrichedJsonFormatter(LOG_FORMAT)
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+
+    logging.root.handlers = []  # Remove default handlers
+    logging.root.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
+    logging.root.addHandler(handler)
+
+    for q in quieten:
+        logging.getLogger(q).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
diff --git a/tests/unit/logging/__init__.py b/tests/unit/logging/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/unit/logging/test_logs_manager.py b/tests/unit/logging/test_logs_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb9c38a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/logging/test_logs_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import io
+import json
+import logging
+import threading
+from http import HTTPStatus
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock
+
+import pytest
+from mangum.types import LambdaContext
+
+from eligibility_signposting_api.logging.logs_manager import (
+    LOG_FORMAT,
+    EnrichedJsonFormatter,
+    add_request_id_to_logs,
+    request_id_context_var,
+)
+
+
+def test_decorator_sets_request_id_in_context():
+    test_request_id = "test-id-12345"
+    mock_context = MagicMock()
+    mock_context.aws_request_id = test_request_id
+
+    @add_request_id_to_logs()
+    def decorated_handler(event, context):  # noqa : ARG001
+        return request_id_context_var.get()
+
+    result = decorated_handler({}, mock_context)
+
+    assert result == test_request_id
+
+
+def test_decorator_preserves_function_return_value():
+    expected_result = {"statusCode": 200, "body": "Success"}
+    mock_context = MagicMock()
+    mock_context.aws_request_id = "any-id"
+
+    @add_request_id_to_logs()
+    def decorated_handler(event, context):  # noqa : ARG001
+        return expected_result
+
+    result = decorated_handler({}, mock_context)
+
+    assert result == expected_result
+
+
+def test_request_id_context_is_properly_isolated():
+    results = {}
+
+    @add_request_id_to_logs()
+    def decorated_handler(event, context):  # noqa : ARG001
+        rid = request_id_context_var.get()
+        results[threading.current_thread().name] = rid
+        return rid
+
+    def thread_func(name, rid):  # noqa : ARG001
+        mock_context = MagicMock(aws_request_id=rid)
+        decorated_handler({}, mock_context)
+
+    threads = [
+        threading.Thread(target=thread_func, name="Thread-A", args=("Thread-A", "id-A")),
+        threading.Thread(target=thread_func, name="Thread-B", args=("Thread-B", "id-B")),
+        threading.Thread(target=thread_func, name="Thread-C", args=("Thread-C", "id-C")),
+    ]
+
+    for t in threads:
+        t.start()
+    for t in threads:
+        t.join()
+
+    assert results["Thread-A"] == "id-A"
+    assert request_id_context_var.get() is None
+
+    assert results["Thread-B"] == "id-B"
+    assert request_id_context_var.get() is None
+
+    assert results["Thread-C"] == "id-C"
+    assert request_id_context_var.get() is None
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lambda_context():
+    context = Mock(spec=LambdaContext)
+    context.aws_request_id = "test-request-id"
+    return context
+
+
+def test_enriched_json_formatter_adds_all_fields(lambda_context):
+    @add_request_id_to_logs()
+    def test_handler(event, context):  # noqa : ARG001
+        logger = logging.getLogger("test_logger")
+        logger.info("Test log inside handler")
+        return HTTPStatus.OK
+
+    log_stream = io.StringIO()
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(log_stream)
+    handler.setFormatter(EnrichedJsonFormatter(LOG_FORMAT))
+
+    test_logger = logging.getLogger("test_logger")
+    test_logger.handlers = []
+    test_logger.addHandler(handler)
+    test_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    result = test_handler({}, lambda_context)
+    log_output = log_stream.getvalue()
+
+    test_logger.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    assert result == HTTPStatus.OK
+    logged_json = json.loads(log_output)
+
+    assert logged_json["request_id"] == lambda_context.aws_request_id
+    assert "asctime" in logged_json
+    assert logged_json["levelname"] == "INFO"
+    assert logged_json["name"] == "test_logger"
+    assert logged_json["module"] == "test_logs_manager"
+    assert logged_json["funcName"] == "test_handler"
+    assert "lineno" in logged_json
+    assert logged_json["message"] == "Test log inside handler"
+    assert request_id_context_var.get() is None