diff --git a/api/routes/_helpers.py b/api/routes/_helpers.py
index bf7eb663..40c4c853 100644
--- a/api/routes/_helpers.py
+++ b/api/routes/_helpers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 import copy
+import gzip
+import json
+from uuid import UUID
 
 from config import Config
 from db.models.assessment_record.enums import Status
 from flask import current_app
+from flask import make_response
+
+
+def compress_response(data):
+    class UUIDEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+        def default(self, obj):
+            if isinstance(obj, UUID):
+                return obj.hex
+            return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
+
+    content = gzip.compress(json.dumps(data, cls=UUIDEncoder).encode("utf8"), 5)
+    response = make_response(content)
+    response.headers["Content-length"] = len(content)
+    response.headers["Content-Encoding"] = "gzip"
+    return response
 
 
 def _derive_status(score_map: dict, comment_map: dict, sub_criteria_id: str) -> str:
diff --git a/api/routes/assessment_routes.py b/api/routes/assessment_routes.py
index 48370188..5371f1e8 100644
--- a/api/routes/assessment_routes.py
+++ b/api/routes/assessment_routes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from api.models.sub_criteria import SubCriteria
+from api.routes._helpers import compress_response
 from api.routes._helpers import transform_to_assessor_task_list_metadata
 from api.routes.subcriterias.get_sub_criteria import (
     get_all_subcriteria,
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ def all_assessments_for_fund_round_id(
         team_in_place=team_in_place,
         joint_application=joint_application,
     )
-    return app_list
+
+    return compress_response(app_list)
 
 
 def sub_criteria(
diff --git a/db/queries/assessment_records/queries.py b/db/queries/assessment_records/queries.py
index 148f3ce7..1e5b576e 100644
--- a/db/queries/assessment_records/queries.py
+++ b/db/queries/assessment_records/queries.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
 from sqlalchemy.orm import defer
 from sqlalchemy.orm import load_only
+from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 
 
 def get_metadata_for_application(
@@ -95,7 +96,12 @@ def get_metadata_for_fund_round_id(
     statement = (
         select(AssessmentRecord)
         # Dont load json into memory
-        .options(defer(AssessmentRecord.jsonb_blob)).where(
+        .options(
+            defer(AssessmentRecord.jsonb_blob),
+            selectinload(AssessmentRecord.qa_complete),
+            selectinload(AssessmentRecord.flags),
+            selectinload(AssessmentRecord.tag_associations).selectinload(TagAssociation.tag).selectinload(Tag.tag_type),
+        ).where(
             AssessmentRecord.fund_id == fund_id,
             AssessmentRecord.round_id == round_id,
             AssessmentRecord.is_withdrawn == False,  # noqa: E712
@@ -201,7 +207,8 @@ def get_metadata_for_fund_round_id(
         # so it has the double quotes from the json so we have to include them in the comparison
         statement = statement.where(func.cast(AssessmentRecord.funding_type, String) == f'"{funding_type}"')
 
-    assessment_metadatas = db.session.scalars(statement).all()
+    raw_results = db.session.execute(statement)
+    assessment_metadatas = raw_results.unique().scalars().all()
 
     if status != "ALL":
         filter_assessments = []