diff --git a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/output/data_requests_table.php b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/output/data_requests_table.php
index 51bb1330911..ab40140bb9b 100644
--- a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/output/data_requests_table.php
+++ b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/classes/output/data_requests_table.php
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class data_requests_table extends table_sql {
         $actionsmenu->set_menu_trigger(get_string('actions'));
         $actionsmenu->set_owner_selector('request-actions-' . $requestid);
         $actionsmenu->set_alignment(\action_menu::TL, \action_menu::BL);
+        $actionsmenu->set_constraint('[data-region=data-requests-table] > .no-overflow');
 
         return $OUTPUT->render($actionsmenu);
     }
diff --git a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
index a3510528a4e..e6ddf934b25 100644
--- a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
+++ b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ dd a.contactdpo {
     /* Reverting dd's left margin */
     margin-left: inherit;
 }
+
+[data-region="data-requests-table"] .moodle-actionmenu {
+    min-width: 150px;
+}
diff --git a/lib/outputcomponents.php b/lib/outputcomponents.php
index dc90aea8997..d4850dab21b 100644
--- a/lib/outputcomponents.php
+++ b/lib/outputcomponents.php
@@ -4389,6 +4389,9 @@ class action_menu implements renderable, templatable {
      * The constraint is applied when the dialogue is shown and limits the display of the dialogue to within the
      * element the constraint identifies.
      *
+     * This is required whenever the action menu is displayed inside any CSS element with the .no-overflow class
+     * (flexible_table and any of it's child classes are a likely candidate).
+     *
      * @param string $ancestorselector A snippet of CSS used to identify the ancestor to contrain the dialogue to.
      */
     public function set_constraint($ancestorselector) {
diff --git a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
index 53e5411f775..42dee5d4dd0 100644
--- a/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
+++ b/theme/boost/scss/moodle/core.scss
@@ -286,8 +286,10 @@ form.popupform div {
     overflow: auto;
 }
 
+// Minimum height required for a menu in a table inside a scrollable div.
 .no-overflow > .generaltable {
     margin-bottom: 0;
+    min-height: 10em;
 }
 // Accessibility features
 
diff --git a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
index 84ffc1210ea..898f7f220a5 100644
--- a/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
+++ b/theme/boost/style/moodle.css
@@ -8999,7 +8999,8 @@ form.popupform div {
   overflow: auto; }
 
 .no-overflow > .generaltable {
-  margin-bottom: 0; }
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  min-height: 10em; }
 
 .accesshide {
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/theme/bootstrapbase/less/moodle/core.less b/theme/bootstrapbase/less/moodle/core.less
index ab8a4ee1505..a50887ff2a8 100644
--- a/theme/bootstrapbase/less/moodle/core.less
+++ b/theme/bootstrapbase/less/moodle/core.less
@@ -376,8 +376,10 @@ form.popupform div {
 .pagelayout-report .no-overflow {
     overflow: visible;
 }
+// Minimum height required for a menu in a table inside a scrollable div.
 .no-overflow > .generaltable {
     margin-bottom: 0;
+    min-height: 10em;
 }
 // Accessibility features
 
diff --git a/theme/bootstrapbase/style/moodle.css b/theme/bootstrapbase/style/moodle.css
index e66b22ec729..7edf35ac46c 100644
--- a/theme/bootstrapbase/style/moodle.css
+++ b/theme/bootstrapbase/style/moodle.css
@@ -2678,6 +2678,7 @@ form.popupform div {
 }
 .no-overflow > .generaltable {
   margin-bottom: 0;
+  min-height: 10em;
 }
 .accesshide {
   position: absolute;