diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/ecf_participants_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/ecf_participants_controller.rb
index aa3cfa81128..a71135deb47 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/ecf_participants_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/ecf_participants_controller.rb
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ def ecf_participant_params
         params.permit(:id, filter: %i[cohort updated_since])
       end
 
-      def access_scope
-        LeadProviderApiToken
-          .joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-      end
-
       def lead_provider
         current_user.lead_provider
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/participants_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/participants_controller.rb
index 6c45aab0bba..636e646c50d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/participants_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/participants_controller.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ module V1
     class ParticipantsController < Api::ApiController
       include ApiTokenAuthenticatable
       include ParticipantActions
-
-    private
-
-      def access_scope
-        LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/delivery_partners_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/delivery_partners_controller.rb
index d7067c53cd4..de90b6785f9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/delivery_partners_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/delivery_partners_controller.rb
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ def delivery_partner_params
           .permit(:id, :sort, filter: %i[cohort])
       end
 
-      def access_scope
-        LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-      end
-
       def serializer_class
         Api::V3::DeliveryPartnerSerializer
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/partnerships_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/partnerships_controller.rb
index 9b67eb649d9..df6d2ce8da7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/partnerships_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/partnerships_controller.rb
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ def ecf_partnership_params
             .permit(:id, :sort, filter: %i[cohort updated_since delivery_partner_id])
         end
 
-        def access_scope
-          LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-        end
-
         def serializer_class
           Api::V3::ECF::PartnershipSerializer
         end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/schools_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/schools_controller.rb
index 6b2e01be726..e86e5cb2e2a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/schools_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/schools_controller.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ def ecf_schools_query
           )
         end
 
-        def access_scope
-          LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-        end
-
         def serializer_class
           Api::V3::ECF::SchoolSerializer
         end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/transfers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/transfers_controller.rb
index b4349781aef..8bebdb515c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/transfers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/transfers_controller.rb
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ def ecf_transfer_params
             .permit(:participant_id, filter: %i[updated_since])
         end
 
-        def access_scope
-          LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-        end
-
         def serializer_class
           TransferSerializer
         end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/unfunded_mentors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/unfunded_mentors_controller.rb
index 182b66d0116..649af378da8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/unfunded_mentors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/ecf/unfunded_mentors_controller.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ def ecf_unfunded_mentors_query
           )
         end
 
-        def access_scope
-          LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
-        end
-
         def serializer_class
           Api::V3::ECF::UnfundedMentorSerializer
         end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v3/participant_declarations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v3/participant_declarations_controller.rb
index 2412404a0f9..7a32a01b745 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v3/participant_declarations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v3/participant_declarations_controller.rb
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ def participant_declaration_for_lead_provider
         @participant_declaration_for_lead_provider ||= ParticipantDeclaration.for_lead_provider(cpd_lead_provider).find(params[:id])
       end
 
-      def access_scope
-        LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider]) + LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:npq_lead_provider])
-      end
-
       def serializer_class
         ParticipantDeclarationSerializer
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/api_token_authenticatable.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/api_token_authenticatable.rb
index a7090ff6884..fd52136b5e3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/api_token_authenticatable.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/api_token_authenticatable.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ def check_access_scope
   end
 
   def access_scope
-    ApiToken.all
+    LeadProviderApiToken.joins(cpd_lead_provider: [:lead_provider])
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v3/statements_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v3/statements_spec.rb
index 5a30c069e84..dea8431f0aa 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v3/statements_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v3/statements_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe "statements endpoint spec", type: :request do
-  let(:cpd_lead_provider) { create(:cpd_lead_provider) }
+  let(:cpd_lead_provider) { create(:cpd_lead_provider, :with_lead_provider) }
   let(:token) { LeadProviderApiToken.create_with_random_token!(cpd_lead_provider:) }
   let(:bearer_token) { "Bearer #{token}" }