{ "name": "doineedanaipolicy.co.uk AI Adoption and Policy Series", "title": "AI Adoption and Policy Series", "url": "https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/datasets/ai-adoption-and-policy-series/", "csv": "https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/datasets/ai-adoption-and-policy-series.csv", "markdown": "https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/datasets/ai-adoption-and-policy-series/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-29", "license": "https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/terms", "headline": "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.", "quotes": [ "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.", "5 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure uk-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026: median 30 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure uk-businesses-10plus-using-ai-sep-2026: median 38 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure uk-businesses-using-ai-jun-2026: median 29 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure scottish-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026: median 36.90 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure workplaces-with-no-clear-ai-usage-plan-cipd: median 58 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "AI Adoption and Policy Series, measure organisations-with-no-formal-ai-policy-vendor-survey: median 63 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"doineedanaipolicy.co.uk AI Adoption and Policy Series\", updated 2026-10-29, https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/datasets/ai-adoption-and-policy-series/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 6, "median": 37.45, "min": 29, "max": 63, "p25": 29.75, "p75": 59.25, "mean": 42.4833, "units": { "%": 6 }, "published_sources": 5, "named_sources": 8, "read_sources": 6, "not_published": 2, "published_share": 0.833 }, "by_axis": { "measure": { "uk-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 30, "min": 30, "max": 30, "p25": 30, "p75": 30, "mean": 30 } }, "uk-businesses-10plus-using-ai-sep-2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 38, "min": 38, "max": 38, "p25": 38, "p75": 38, "mean": 38 } }, "uk-businesses-using-ai-jun-2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 29, "min": 29, "max": 29, "p25": 29, "p75": 29, "mean": 29 } }, "scottish-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 36.9, "min": 36.9, "max": 36.9, "p25": 36.9, "p75": 36.9, "mean": 36.9 } }, "workplaces-with-no-clear-ai-usage-plan-cipd": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 58, "min": 58, "max": 58, "p25": 58, "p75": 58, "mean": 58 } }, "organisations-with-no-formal-ai-policy-vendor-survey": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 63, "min": 63, "max": 63, "p25": 63, "p75": 63, "mean": 63 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "ONS BICS bulletin (latest)", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/latest", "figure": "30%", "value": 30, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "uk-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "In September 2026, 3 in 10 (30%) businesses reported use of at least one type of AI technology.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "5f5980d71a8061d856c9cc33a23199d107b0ad9873644ef63d37f1e450fbced7" }, { "source": "ONS BICS bulletin (latest)", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/latest", "figure": "38%", "value": 38, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "uk-businesses-10plus-using-ai-sep-2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "For businesses with 10 or more employees, 38% reported use of AI technologies, up 3 percentage points from June 2026 and 26 percentage points from September 2023.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "5f5980d71a8061d856c9cc33a23199d107b0ad9873644ef63d37f1e450fbced7" }, { "source": "ONS BICS bulletin, 2 July 2026", "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/2july2026", "figure": "29%", "value": 29, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "uk-businesses-using-ai-jun-2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Nearly three in ten (29%) businesses reported using at least one type of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in June 2026, up 8 percentage points compared with June 2025, and continuing the upward trend over the last 3 years; for businesses with 250 or more employees, the proportion was higher at 49%, up 13 percentage points from a year ago.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "167106ff9244493c771bd7ad8b34a9ac36c4eb0c9fa80511b9c1dced26182f4d" }, { "source": "Scottish Government BICS wave 165: AI", "url": "https://www.gov.scot/publications/bics-weighted-scotland-estimates-data-to-wave-165/pages/artificial-intelligence/", "figure": "2026, 36.9%", "value": 36.9, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "scottish-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Figure 3: In September 2026, 36.9% of businesses were using some form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, with the Information & Communication sector having the highest share (75.5%).", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b0e1467edd265d66c6e7726c04c1dbb2ee5706863cbcb59f1c3d9bc3d452d797" }, { "source": "CIPD: employers and AI", "url": "https://www.cipd.org/uk/about/news/People-profession-vital-role-ensuring-employers-harness-AI-securely-responsibly-CIPD/", "figure": "58%", "value": 58, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "workplaces-with-no-clear-ai-usage-plan-cipd" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "58% of workplaces haven’t provided a clear plan on AI usage", "source_class": "secondary", "text_sha256": "e896b8193c84f8eb462f6c4cf0f5ad0f1b9fe202559951f1092bc8a4a04c0049" }, { "source": "Avado: state of AI in HR 2026", "url": "https://www.avadolearning.com/resources/the-state-of-ai-in-hr-2026/", "figure": "63%", "value": 63, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "organisations-with-no-formal-ai-policy-vendor-survey" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "The Governance Blocker: 63% of organisations have no formal AI policy.", "source_class": "secondary", "text_sha256": "54cb70d15b62683ce7188505223d90bdc7d21a430624d64f88e0fdc1b9ed658f" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "DSIT: AI adoption research", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-adoption-research", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "CIPD Labour Market Outlook (AI)", "url": "https://www.cipd.org/en/about/press-releases/one-in-six-employers-say-ai-shrink-headcount-autumn-labour-market-outlook/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/articles/artificialintelligenceinukbusinesses/2023to2026", "label": "ONS: AI in UK businesses, 2023 to 2026", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/2july2026", "label": "ONS BICS bulletin, 2 July 2026", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/latest", "label": "ONS BICS bulletin (latest)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.scot/publications/bics-weighted-scotland-estimates-data-to-wave-165/pages/artificial-intelligence/", "label": "Scottish Government BICS wave 165: AI", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-adoption-research", "label": "DSIT: AI adoption research", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cipd.org/uk/about/news/People-profession-vital-role-ensuring-employers-harness-AI-securely-responsibly-CIPD/", "label": "CIPD: employers and AI", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cipd.org/en/about/press-releases/one-in-six-employers-say-ai-shrink-headcount-autumn-labour-market-outlook/", "label": "CIPD Labour Market Outlook (AI)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.avadolearning.com/resources/the-state-of-ai-in-hr-2026/", "label": "Avado: state of AI in HR 2026", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "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). 5 of the 6 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 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 for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 6 figures, never sentences; 124 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): the ONS BICS series of the share of UK businesses using AI (all businesses and 10+ employees), the Scottish BICS equivalent, and beside it the survey readings of the share with a formal AI policy, each dated and labelled official or vendor survey", "embed": "

29 to 63 percent

6 published figures, AI Adoption and Policy Series, across 5 sources, read 28 October 2026

Source: doineedanaipolicy.co.uk AI Adoption and Policy Series
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