diff --git a/app/views/components/_filter_summary.html.erb b/app/views/components/_filter_summary.html.erb
index 6381bfeaf..57624bbf5 100644
--- a/app/views/components/_filter_summary.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/components/_filter_summary.html.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   component_helper = GovukPublishingComponents::Presenters::ComponentWrapperHelper.new(local_assigns)
   component_helper.add_class(shared_helper.get_margin_bottom) if local_assigns[:margin_bottom]
+  component_helper.add_data_attribute({ module: "ga4-event-tracker" })
   component_helper.add_class("app-c-filter-summary")
 %>
 
@@ -25,7 +26,14 @@
     <ul class="app-c-filter-summary__remove-filters">
       <% filters.each do |filter| %>
         <li>
-          <%= link_to filter[:remove_href], class: "app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter" do %>
+          <%= link_to filter[:remove_href],
+          class: "app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter",
+          "data-ga4-event" => {
+            event_name: "select_content",
+            type: "finder",
+            section: filter[:label],
+            action: "remove"
+          }.to_json do %>
             <span class="app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter-text">
               <span class="govuk-visually-hidden"><%= filter[:visually_hidden_prefix] %></span>
               <%= filter[:label] %>: <%= filter[:value] %>
diff --git a/spec/components/filter_summary_spec.rb b/spec/components/filter_summary_spec.rb
index a428813cb..272d89217 100644
--- a/spec/components/filter_summary_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/filter_summary_spec.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,21 @@ def render_component(locals)
 
     assert_select "h4.app-c-filter-summary__heading", count: 1
   end
+
+  it "renders ga4 tracking attributes to remove link" do
+    link_event_attributes = {
+        "event-name": "select_content",
+        type: "finder",
+        section: "Filter",
+        action: "remove"
+    }
+
+    render_component(filters:, data: link_event_attributes.to_json)
+
+    # doesnt work
+    # assert_select ".app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter[data-ga4-event='#{link_event_attributes.to_json}']"
+    # false positive as data can be anything and hence i guess is completely ignored
+    # assert_select ".app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter[data-ga4-event]", data: { "ga4-event": link_event_attributes.to_json }
+    # assert_select ".app-c-filter-summary__remove-filter[data-ga4-event]", data: { "ga4-event": "abc" }
+  end
 end