UK GDPR, Equality Act, EU AI Act
Do I need an AI policy?
Probably, if your staff use AI. No UK statute we read requires a document called an AI policy, but UK GDPR makes you accountable for personal data put into AI tools and needs an impact assessment for high-risk processing, and the EU AI Act requires AI literacy measures if you deploy AI in the EU. A written policy is how most firms show they meet those duties. Tell us where you are and Joe will talk it through.
Source: UK GDPR Article 35: data protection impact assessment
£34.99 £1,400
the range the published figures span
Figures from 3 sources' own pages, read . Every price, with its source
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AI Policy Price Index
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Every provider below was read on its own page through our fetch box, and the row says what that page published on the day we read it. 3 of 31 publish a figure; the rest are listed too, because how many will not quote a number is the most useful thing about this market. Nothing here is a quote for your job: it is what other people advertise.
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 31 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 28 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 97 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per provider its own published price for an AI policy or the product it sits in (template one-off, template subscription per year or month, solicitor fixed fee, HR retainer, governance consultancy day rate or readiness package), normalised ex VAT; per route the median and range, the share that publish versus quote, and the cost of the cheapest route that covers each obligation in the register
| Provider | Published figure | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Lawyer UK pricing | £34.99 | 2026-10-12 | Rocket Lawyer UK pricing |
| Simply-Docs | £42.50 | 2026-10-28 | Simply-Docs (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| G-Cloud listing: ISO certification service | £1,400 | 2026-10-28 | G-Cloud listing: ISO certification service |
| Sprintlaw UK: AI governance policy | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Sprintlaw UK: AI governance policy |
| Sprintlaw UK: employee AI use policy | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Sprintlaw UK: employee AI use policy |
| Sprintlaw UK: AI acceptable use policy | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Sprintlaw UK: AI acceptable use policy |
| 6dg: bespoke AI policy | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | 6dg: bespoke AI policy |
| HR Map Maker: ChatGPT and AI tools policy (Gumroad) | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | HR Map Maker: ChatGPT and AI tools policy (Gumroad) |
| Business in a Box: AI acceptable use policy template | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Business in a Box: AI acceptable use policy template |
| Spotdev: AI policy template for UK businesses | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Spotdev: AI policy template for UK businesses |
| Rocket Lawyer UK: AI policy checklist | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Rocket Lawyer UK: AI policy checklist |
| Net Lawman | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Net Lawman (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| Lawpack | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Lawpack (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| Docular | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Docular (its own page, listed on this site's dataset page) |
| Thirdfort: free AI policy template for UK law firms | publishes no price | 2026-10-28 | Thirdfort: free AI policy template for UK law firms |
- The median published figure is £42.50 across 3 readings, with the middle half between £34.99 and £1,400. (AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
- 3 of 31 providers read publish a price at all; 28 publish none. (AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
- The cheapest published figure is £34.99, by Rocket Lawyer UK pricing. (Rocket Lawyer UK pricing)
- The dearest published figure is £1,400, by G-Cloud listing: ISO certification service. (G-Cloud listing: ISO certification service)
Cite this page
“AI Policy Price Index”, Do I need an AI policy, https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/ (updated 2026-10-28). Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 31 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 28 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 97 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per provider its own published price for an AI policy or the product it sits in (template one-off, template subscription per year or month, solicitor fixed fee, HR retainer, governance consultancy day rate or readiness package), normalised ex VAT; per route the median and range, the share that publish versus quote, and the cost of the cheapest route that covers each obligation in the register
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Questions, answered directly
Do I need an AI policy?
No UK statute we read requires a document called an AI policy, but UK GDPR accountability, impact assessments for high-risk processing and the EU AI Act's literacy duty all expect you to control how staff use AI. A policy is how most businesses show it.(UK GDPR Article 5: principles, including accountability)
Does my company need an AI policy if we sell into the EU?
Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires deployers of AI systems to take AI literacy measures for their staff, with national enforcement from 2 August 2026.(European Commission: AI literacy, questions and answers (AI Act Article 4))
How many UK businesses use AI?
The ONS business survey found 30% of businesses used at least one AI technology in September 2026, and 38% of those with 10 or more employees.(AI adoption and AI policy series: every row, with its source)
What does it cost to get an AI policy in place: a template, a solicitor, an HR provider or a governance consultancy?
The median published figure is £42.50. The middle half of the readings sit between £34.99 and £1,400 and the whole spread runs £34.99 to £1,400, over 3 figures read on 2026-10-28. A spread that wide is the honest answer: what you pay depends on the scope, so the table below shows every reading and who published it.(AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
How many providers publish a price at all?
3 of the 31 read, out of 33 named. The others answer with a quote form. They are listed in the table as publishing no price rather than dropped, because the share of a market that will not put a number on its own page is itself a finding.(AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
Where do these figures come from, and when were they read?
Each one is a sentence on the provider's own page, read on 2026-10-28 through our own fetch box and stored with the hash of the page's text, so the row can be checked against what was there that day. The row links to the page it came from.(AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
Is this a price for my job?
No. Every figure here is what a provider advertises on its own page for its own packages, not a quote for your work, and the spread from £34.99 to £1,400 is exactly why. Scope is what moves it. Ask for a price and you get one; this page is so you know what you are hearing when you do.(AI Policy Price Index: every row, with its source)
Who answers an enquiry from this page?
Joe, who runs this site, reads every enquiry himself and replies directly. No firm receives your details. He gives information and a free call, never legal advice.
Sources
This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:
- The AI Adoption and Policy Series carries 6 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 29 to 63 percent, read 28 October 2026.
- The AI Policy Price Index carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 34.99 to 1,400 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
- Sprintlaw UK: AI governance policy
- Sprintlaw UK: employee AI use policy
- Sprintlaw UK: AI acceptable use policy
- 6dg: bespoke AI policy
- HR Map Maker: ChatGPT and AI tools policy (Gumroad)
- Business in a Box: AI acceptable use policy template
- Spotdev: AI policy template for UK businesses
- Rocket Lawyer UK: AI policy checklist