diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepository.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepository.scala
index c7f6431d8..2993855c6 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepository.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepository.scala
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class ApplicationRepository @Inject() (mongo: MongoComponent, val metrics: Metri
   // scalastyle:off cyclomatic.complexity
   private def convertFilterToQueryClause(applicationSearchFilter: ApplicationSearchFilter, applicationSearch: ApplicationSearch): Bson = {
 
-    def applicationBlocked(): Bson = matches(equal("blocked", BsonBoolean.apply(true)))
+    def applicationBlocked(): Bson = matches(and(equal("blocked", BsonBoolean.apply(true)), notEqual("state.name", State.DELETED.toString)))
 
     def applicationStatusMatch(states: State*): Bson = in("state.name", states.map(_.toString))
 
diff --git a/it/test/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec.scala b/it/test/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec.scala
index efa561625..3af5d4c4a 100644
--- a/it/test/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec.scala
+++ b/it/test/uk/gov/hmrc/thirdpartyapplication/repository/ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec.scala
@@ -277,16 +277,23 @@ class ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec
     }
 
     "return applications based on blocked filter" in {
-      val standardApplication = anApplicationDataForTest(
+      val standardApplication          = anApplicationDataForTest(
         id = ApplicationId.random,
         prodClientId = generateClientId
       )
-      val blockedApplication  = anApplicationDataForTest(
+      val blockedApplication           = anApplicationDataForTest(
         id = ApplicationId.random,
         prodClientId = generateClientId
       ).copy(blocked = true)
+      val deletedAndBlockedApplication = anApplicationDataForTest(
+        id = ApplicationId.random,
+        prodClientId = generateClientId,
+        state = deletedState("Dave")
+      ).copy(blocked = true)
+
       await(applicationRepository.save(standardApplication))
       await(applicationRepository.save(blockedApplication))
+      await(applicationRepository.save(deletedAndBlockedApplication))
 
       val applicationSearch = new ApplicationSearch(filters = List(Blocked))
 
@@ -294,7 +301,7 @@ class ApplicationRepositorySearchISpec
         await(applicationRepository.searchApplications("testing")(applicationSearch))
 
       result.totals.size mustBe 1
-      result.totals.head.total mustBe 2
+      result.totals.head.total mustBe 3
       result.matching.size mustBe 1
       result.matching.head.total mustBe 1
       result.applications.size mustBe 1