diff --git a/ingestion/ingestion_utils.py b/ingestion/ingestion_utils.py
index d2fbbee..64388e8 100644
--- a/ingestion/ingestion_utils.py
+++ b/ingestion/ingestion_utils.py
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
 def get_subject_areas():
     """
-    Returns a list of subject areas from the subject_areas_template.yaml file
+    Returns a list of top level subject areas from the subject_areas_template.yaml file
     """
     subject_areas_filepath = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(__file__), "tags", "subject_areas_template.yaml"
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), "tags", "top_level_subject_areas_template.yaml"
     )
     with open(subject_areas_filepath, "r") as file:
         subject_areas_yaml = yaml.safe_load(file)
diff --git a/ingestion/tags/generate_tags_file.py b/ingestion/tags/generate_tags_file.py
index 6fecf21..f6a25f5 100644
--- a/ingestion/tags/generate_tags_file.py
+++ b/ingestion/tags/generate_tags_file.py
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@
 
 dir = Path(__file__).parent
 
+input_yamls = ["top_level_subject_areas_template.yaml", "subject_areas_template.yaml"]
 output = []
 
-with open(dir / "subject_areas_template.yaml") as file:
-    for tag in yaml.safe_load(file):
-        name = tag["name"]
-        properties = TagPropertiesClass(name=name, description=tag["description"])
-        urn = f"urn:li:tag:{name}"
-        output.append(
-            MetadataChangeEventClass(
-                proposedSnapshot=TagSnapshotClass(urn=urn, aspects=[properties])
-            ).to_obj()
-        )
+for input_yaml in input_yamls:
+    with open(dir / input_yaml) as file:
+        for tag in yaml.safe_load(file):
+            name = tag["name"]
+            properties = TagPropertiesClass(name=name, description=tag.get("description"))
+            urn = f"urn:li:tag:{name}"
+            output.append(
+                MetadataChangeEventClass(
+                    proposedSnapshot=TagSnapshotClass(urn=urn, aspects=[properties])
+                ).to_obj()
+            )
 
 with open(dir / "subject_areas.json", "w") as file:
     json.dump(output, file, indent=2)
diff --git a/ingestion/tags/subject_areas.json b/ingestion/tags/subject_areas.json
index 7ed94e2..fc57d0f 100644
--- a/ingestion/tags/subject_areas.json
+++ b/ingestion/tags/subject_areas.json
@@ -103,5 +103,134 @@
         ]
       }
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Property",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Property",
+              "description": "MoJ property and estates"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Finance",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Finance",
+              "description": "MoJ finance and procurement"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Employees",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Employees",
+              "description": "SOP, HR, and staff"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Reoffending",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Reoffending"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Criminal courts",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Criminal courts"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Civil courts",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Civil courts"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Prisons",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Prisons"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Probation",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Probation"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "proposedSnapshot": {
+      "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.metadata.snapshot.TagSnapshot": {
+        "urn": "urn:li:tag:Electronic monitoring",
+        "aspects": [
+          {
+            "com.linkedin.pegasus2avro.tag.TagProperties": {
+              "name": "Electronic monitoring"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ingestion/tags/subject_areas_template.yaml b/ingestion/tags/subject_areas_template.yaml
index e6d5d21..a1c0e2e 100644
--- a/ingestion/tags/subject_areas_template.yaml
+++ b/ingestion/tags/subject_areas_template.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-- name: "Corporate operations"
-  description: "Employees, property and finance"
-- name: "Crime and policing"
-  description: "Law enforcement, criminal offences and reoffending"
-- name: "Courts and tribunals"
-  description: "HM Courts and Tribunal Service, legal cases, sentencing"
-- name: "Legal aid"
-  description: "Legal aid and the Civil Legal Advice service"
-- name: "Office of the Public Guardian"
-  description: "Lasting power of attorney and supervision orders"
-- name: "Prisons and probation"
-  description: "HM Prison and Probation Service, electronic monitoring, rehabilitation, offence risk"
-- name: "Reference data"
-  description: "Data to define or standardise other data"
+- name: Property
+  description: MoJ property and estates
+- name: Finance
+  description: MoJ finance and procurement
+- name: Employees
+  description: SOP, HR, and staff
+- name: Reoffending
+- name: Criminal courts
+- name: Civil courts
+- name: Prisons
+- name: Probation
+- name: Electronic monitoring
diff --git a/ingestion/tags/top_level_subject_areas_template.yaml b/ingestion/tags/top_level_subject_areas_template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d5d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingestion/tags/top_level_subject_areas_template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- name: "Corporate operations"
+  description: "Employees, property and finance"
+- name: "Crime and policing"
+  description: "Law enforcement, criminal offences and reoffending"
+- name: "Courts and tribunals"
+  description: "HM Courts and Tribunal Service, legal cases, sentencing"
+- name: "Legal aid"
+  description: "Legal aid and the Civil Legal Advice service"
+- name: "Office of the Public Guardian"
+  description: "Lasting power of attorney and supervision orders"
+- name: "Prisons and probation"
+  description: "HM Prison and Probation Service, electronic monitoring, rehabilitation, offence risk"
+- name: "Reference data"
+  description: "Data to define or standardise other data"