AI Adoption and Policy Series
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.
By measure
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| measureuk-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026 | 30% | 30 to 30% | 1 |
| measureuk-businesses-10plus-using-ai-sep-2026 | 38% | 38 to 38% | 1 |
| measureuk-businesses-using-ai-jun-2026 | 29% | 29 to 29% | 1 |
| measurescottish-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026 | 36.9% | 36.9 to 36.9% | 1 |
| measureworkplaces-with-no-clear-ai-usage-plan-cipd | 58% | 58 to 58% | 1 |
| measureorganisations-with-no-formal-ai-policy-vendor-survey | 63% | 63 to 63% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avado: state of AI in HR 2026 | 63% | organisations-with-no-formal-ai-policy-vendor-survey | 2026-10-28 |
| CIPD: employers and AI | 58% | workplaces-with-no-clear-ai-usage-plan-cipd | 2026-10-28 |
| ONS BICS bulletin (latest) | 38% | uk-businesses-10plus-using-ai-sep-2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| Scottish Government BICS wave 165: AI | 36.9% | scottish-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026 | 2026-10-28 |
| ONS BICS bulletin (latest) | 30% | uk-businesses-using-ai-sep-2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| ONS BICS bulletin, 2 July 2026 | 29% | uk-businesses-using-ai-jun-2026 | 2026-10-28 |
The sentence each figure was read from (6)
- Avado: state of AI in HR 2026, read 2026-10-28:
The Governance Blocker: 63% of organisations have no formal AI policy.
- CIPD: employers and AI, read 2026-10-28:
58% of workplaces haven’t provided a clear plan on AI usage
- ONS BICS bulletin (latest), read 2026-10-12:
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.
- Scottish Government BICS wave 165: AI, read 2026-10-28:
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%).
- ONS BICS bulletin (latest), read 2026-10-12:
In September 2026, 3 in 10 (30%) businesses reported use of at least one type of AI technology.
- ONS BICS bulletin, 2 July 2026, read 2026-10-28:
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.
Read in full, publishes no figure
2 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- DSIT: AI adoption research, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- CIPD Labour Market Outlook (AI), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
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
124 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (8)
- ONS: AI in UK businesses, 2023 to 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS BICS bulletin, 2 July 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS BICS bulletin (latest)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Scottish Government BICS wave 165: AI(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DSIT: AI adoption research(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CIPD: employers and AI(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CIPD Labour Market Outlook (AI)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Avado: state of AI in HR 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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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.
Cite as: "doineedanaipolicy.co.uk AI Adoption and Policy Series", updated 2026-10-29, https://doineedanaipolicy.co.uk/datasets/ai-adoption-and-policy-series/.
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