Proof Digital / AI Readiness / AI Readiness Assessment
A free self-assessment for UK public services, built on the government's AI Playbook. Answer 30 short questions about how things work today. Get a scored report across six areas, your three biggest gaps and a clear first step.
The same questions we ask at the start of every AI readiness engagement, written in plain English so a service owner can answer them in one sitting. Your report is ready the moment you finish.
From Aware to Embedded, with a plain description of what that level looks like in practice.
Six areas scored out of four, with the weakest one marked as the place to start.
The three answers holding you back most, each shown against what good looks like, plus a suggested first step.
Each area links to the ten principles in the AI Playbook for the UK Government, so your results stand up in front of a board, a digital assurance panel or a spending review.
Is there a mandate, an owner and money for AI?
Is AI aimed at real problems your users and staff have? The area most readiness tools leave out.
Do you know where your data lives, who owns it, and whether it's fit to use?
DPIAs, human oversight, transparency records and checks for bias and harm.
Training, guidance on public AI tools, and how staff really feel about AI.
Procurement, security approval, platforms, and the AI already inside your software.
Source: AI Playbook for the UK Government, GOV.UK.
Answer for your organisation as it is today, not as it's planned. If you're answering for one service, you won't know everything about corporate policy or IT, and that's fine.
Organisation type, your role, and whether you're answering for the whole organisation or one service.
Pick the description that best matches today. Each answer scores 0 to 4.
It isn't scored against you. Gaps in what you know become part of the finding.
Instantly, on screen. Email it to yourself or share it with colleagues if you want to.
Your report suggests where to start. When you're ready to go further, each step builds on the last, and each is fixed scope and fixed price.
A scored baseline across six areas, your biggest gaps and a suggested first step.
Start the assessment →A facilitated session with your leadership team, followed by a short report.
One to three of your services, looked at with staff and users.
Design and test one use case properly, so it can scale with confidence.
Prices exclude VAT and are agreed up front once scoped. Discovery: 1 service over 3 weeks from £12,000; 2 services over 4 weeks £21,000; 3 services over 6–8 weeks £30,000.
Yes. There's no charge and no sign-up. If you want help acting on your results, the workshop, Discovery and pilot support are paid services, but there's no obligation.
Anyone who knows how a service runs day to day: a service owner, head of service, digital or transformation lead, or a director. You can answer for your whole organisation or just your service.
Choose "Don't know". It isn't scored against you. If an area has three or more, the report says there isn't enough information rather than giving a misleading score.
Yes. Each person can take the assessment on their own. For a combined picture, our workshop with a staff survey runs the assessment with 5 to 25 people and shows where leaders and frontline staff see readiness differently.
Your answers stay in your browser. If you ask us to email your report, we use your details to send it and keep a copy for up to 12 months. We only contact you about your results if you tick the box to say we can.
Free, instant, and built on the government AI Playbook. Your results stay with you.
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