diff --git a/src/app/projects/[projectId]/setup/contractors/ContractorPermissionsTable.tsx b/src/app/projects/[projectId]/setup/contractors/ContractorPermissionsTable.tsx
index 1037541d..36dd3021 100644
--- a/src/app/projects/[projectId]/setup/contractors/ContractorPermissionsTable.tsx
+++ b/src/app/projects/[projectId]/setup/contractors/ContractorPermissionsTable.tsx
@@ -390,21 +390,19 @@ export function ContractorPermissionsTable({
                         className="border-b border-gray-100 bg-gray-50/70"
                         data-testid={`contractor-permissions-${contractor.organisationId}`}
                       >
-                        <td />
-                        <td colSpan={3} className="px-4 pb-4 pt-1">
-                          <p className="mb-2 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-500">
-                            What {contractor.organisationName} may do
-                          </p>
-                          <table className="w-full border-collapse overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-white">
+                        {/* Full-bleed: the detail table *is* the expanded
+                            space, spanning every column of the row above. */}
+                        <td colSpan={4} className="p-0">
+                          <table className="w-full border-collapse">
                             <thead>
-                              <tr className="border-b border-gray-200 text-xs text-gray-600">
-                                <th className="px-3 py-2 text-left font-semibold">
+                              <tr className="border-b border-gray-200 bg-gray-100/60 text-xs text-gray-600">
+                                <th className="px-4 py-2 text-left font-semibold">
                                   Workstream
                                 </th>
                                 {PERMISSION_COLUMNS.map((column) => (
                                   <th
                                     key={column.key}
-                                    className="w-32 px-3 py-2 text-left font-semibold"
+                                    className="w-40 px-4 py-2 text-left font-semibold"
                                   >
                                     {column.header}
                                   </th>
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ export function ContractorPermissionsTable({
                                   className="border-b border-gray-100 last:border-b-0"
                                   data-testid={`assignment-row-${assignment.id}`}
                                 >
-                                  <td className="px-3 py-2">
+                                  <td className="px-4 py-2.5">
                                     <span className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-800">
                                       {assignment.workstreamName}
                                     </span>
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ export function ContractorPermissionsTable({
                                     )}
                                   </td>
                                   {PERMISSION_COLUMNS.map((column) => (
-                                    <td key={column.key} className="px-3 py-2">
+                                    <td key={column.key} className="px-4 py-2.5">
                                       <PermissionState
                                         granted={assignment[column.key]}
                                         label={column.header}
@@ -446,13 +444,6 @@ export function ContractorPermissionsTable({
                               ))}
                             </tbody>
                           </table>
-                          {canManage && (
-                            <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
-                              Set per workstream —{" "}
-                              <span className="font-medium">Edit</span> to change
-                              them.
-                            </p>
-                          )}
                         </td>
                       </tr>
                     )}