Name: TEN7 Readiness Index Census 2026-Q4: published figures, United Kingdom
Creator: TEN7
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How to check

Every number here comes from files you can open

The groups and every site in them: the cohort pages linked from each row below.
How the census is run and what it cannot support: methodology.
The figures behind every page: summary.json.
This page as data: claims.json, CC BY 4.0.

Cite as TEN7 Readiness Index Census 2026-Q4

A figure is a share of the sites we could scan. Sites that refused the scanner are counted separately and are not in any share but the one that counts them. Any figure from fewer than 30 sites is withheld.

Crawler access

34.7%

34.7% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom are gated: AI crawlers are turned away by their robots.txt (RCH-1) or by their security (RCH-2). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

10,806 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-gated

31.6%

31.6% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom fail the test of whether their security lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-2). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

9,851 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-rch2-fail

3.4%

3.4% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom fail the test of whether robots.txt lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-1). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

1,056 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-rch1-fail

12.8%

12.8% of the 36,227 sites we tried to scan across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom refused the census scanner.

4,652 of 36,227 sites we tried to scan · uk-scanner-refused

Gated, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	51.5%	212 of 412	cohort page	`central-gated`
Parliaments	28.3%	119 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-gated`
Devolved governments	28.9%	46 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-gated`
Councils	30.3%	97 of 320	cohort page	`councils-gated`
Universities	33.4%	123 of 368	cohort page	`universities-gated`
Further education colleges	38.1%	86 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-gated`
Academy trusts	24.0%	62 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-gated`
Schools	30.3%	7,121 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-gated`
NHS and hospitals	33.2%	74 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-gated`
GP practices	58.5%	2,574 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-gated`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	32.3%	40 of 124	cohort page	`banks-gated`
Charities	34.0%	252 of 742	cohort page	`charities-gated`

Security turns AI crawlers away (RCH-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	50.5%	208 of 412	cohort page	`central-rch2-fail`
Parliaments	27.6%	116 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-rch2-fail`
Devolved governments	28.3%	45 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-rch2-fail`
Councils	28.4%	91 of 320	cohort page	`councils-rch2-fail`
Universities	31.0%	114 of 368	cohort page	`universities-rch2-fail`
Further education colleges	31.4%	71 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-rch2-fail`
Academy trusts	17.8%	46 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-rch2-fail`
Schools	26.5%	6,236 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-rch2-fail`
NHS and hospitals	33.2%	74 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-rch2-fail`
GP practices	58.4%	2,568 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-rch2-fail`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	30.6%	38 of 124	cohort page	`banks-rch2-fail`
Charities	32.9%	244 of 742	cohort page	`charities-rch2-fail`

robots.txt shuts AI crawlers out (RCH-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	1.0%	4 of 412	cohort page	`central-rch1-fail`
Parliaments	1.0%	4 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-rch1-fail`
Devolved governments	1.3%	2 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-rch1-fail`
Councils	1.9%	6 of 320	cohort page	`councils-rch1-fail`
Universities	3.0%	11 of 368	cohort page	`universities-rch1-fail`
Further education colleges	7.1%	16 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-rch1-fail`
Academy trusts	6.2%	16 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-rch1-fail`
Schools	4.2%	977 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-rch1-fail`
NHS and hospitals	0.9%	2 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-rch1-fail`
GP practices	0.2%	7 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-rch1-fail`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	1.6%	2 of 124	cohort page	`banks-rch1-fail`
Charities	1.2%	9 of 742	cohort page	`charities-rch1-fail`

Refused the census scanner, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	11.6%	55 of 476	cohort page	`central-scanner-refused`
Parliaments	21.5%	125 of 582	cohort page	`parliaments-scanner-refused`
Devolved governments	11.1%	21 of 190	cohort page	`devolved-scanner-refused`
Councils	15.7%	60 of 382	cohort page	`councils-scanner-refused`
Universities	19.1%	88 of 460	cohort page	`universities-scanner-refused`
Further education colleges	16.4%	45 of 274	cohort page	`further-education-scanner-refused`
Academy trusts	13.2%	40 of 304	cohort page	`academy-trusts-scanner-refused`
Schools	9.9%	2,626 of 26,440	cohort page	`schools-scanner-refused`
NHS and hospitals	17.2%	48 of 279	cohort page	`nhs-scanner-refused`
GP practices	23.3%	1,342 of 5,752	cohort page	`gp-practices-scanner-refused`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	11.0%	16 of 145	cohort page	`banks-scanner-refused`
Charities	19.7%	186 of 943	cohort page	`charities-scanner-refused`

AI posture

3.3%

3.3% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom pass the test of whether they publish an llms.txt file (EXT-1). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

1,029 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-llms-txt

2.2%

2.2% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom pass the test of whether they post a Content Signals statement (PST-2). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

684 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-content-signals

Pass the llms.txt test (EXT-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	1.2%	5 of 412	cohort page	`central-llms-txt`
Parliaments	14.3%	60 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-llms-txt`
Devolved governments	0.0%	0 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-llms-txt`
Councils	0.0%	0 of 320	cohort page	`councils-llms-txt`
Universities	5.4%	20 of 368	cohort page	`universities-llms-txt`
Further education colleges	1.8%	4 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-llms-txt`
Academy trusts	3.1%	8 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-llms-txt`
Schools	3.5%	834 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-llms-txt`
NHS and hospitals	1.3%	3 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-llms-txt`
GP practices	1.3%	59 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-llms-txt`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	8.1%	10 of 124	cohort page	`banks-llms-txt`
Charities	3.5%	26 of 742	cohort page	`charities-llms-txt`

Pass the Content Signals test (PST-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	2.4%	10 of 412	cohort page	`central-content-signals`
Parliaments	3.1%	13 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-content-signals`
Devolved governments	2.5%	4 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-content-signals`
Councils	2.5%	8 of 320	cohort page	`councils-content-signals`
Universities	3.3%	12 of 368	cohort page	`universities-content-signals`
Further education colleges	1.3%	3 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-content-signals`
Academy trusts	1.2%	3 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-content-signals`
Schools	2.0%	463 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-content-signals`
NHS and hospitals	0.4%	1 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-content-signals`
GP practices	3.2%	140 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-content-signals`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	1.6%	2 of 124	cohort page	`banks-content-signals`
Charities	3.4%	25 of 742	cohort page	`charities-content-signals`

Findable and readable content

77.0%

77.0% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom fail the test of whether a canonical link names their real address (RCH-3). A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

24,005 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-rch3-fail

No canonical link naming the real address (RCH-3), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	83.7%	345 of 412	cohort page	`central-rch3-fail`
Parliaments	68.6%	289 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-rch3-fail`
Devolved governments	45.9%	73 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-rch3-fail`
Councils	46.9%	150 of 320	cohort page	`councils-rch3-fail`
Universities	68.2%	251 of 368	cohort page	`universities-rch3-fail`
Further education colleges	68.6%	155 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-rch3-fail`
Academy trusts	72.1%	186 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-rch3-fail`
Schools	78.2%	18,389 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-rch3-fail`
NHS and hospitals	59.6%	133 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-rch3-fail`
GP practices	79.9%	3,517 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-rch3-fail`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	51.6%	64 of 124	cohort page	`banks-rch3-fail`
Charities	61.1%	453 of 742	cohort page	`charities-rch3-fail`

Overall readiness

7.9%

7.9% of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom are rated Not ready. A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

2,463 of 31,156 scored sites · uk-not-ready

55

The median score of the 31,156 scored census entries across 12 cohorts in the United Kingdom is 55 out of 100. A further 4,652 refused the scanner and are not counted.

31,156 scored sites · uk-median

Rated Not ready, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	35.2%	145 of 412	cohort page	`central-not-ready`
Parliaments	7.8%	33 of 421	cohort page	`parliaments-not-ready`
Devolved governments	2.5%	4 of 159	cohort page	`devolved-not-ready`
Councils	2.5%	8 of 320	cohort page	`councils-not-ready`
Universities	5.4%	20 of 368	cohort page	`universities-not-ready`
Further education colleges	6.2%	14 of 226	cohort page	`further-education-not-ready`
Academy trusts	3.9%	10 of 258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-not-ready`
Schools	7.5%	1,758 of 23,504	cohort page	`schools-not-ready`
NHS and hospitals	2.7%	6 of 223	cohort page	`nhs-not-ready`
GP practices	9.2%	403 of 4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-not-ready`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	12.9%	16 of 124	cohort page	`banks-not-ready`
Charities	6.2%	46 of 742	cohort page	`charities-not-ready`

Median score, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Central government	58	412	cohort page	`central-median`
Parliaments	60	421	cohort page	`parliaments-median`
Devolved governments	63	159	cohort page	`devolved-median`
Councils	60.5	320	cohort page	`councils-median`
Universities	59	368	cohort page	`universities-median`
Further education colleges	60	226	cohort page	`further-education-median`
Academy trusts	56	258	cohort page	`academy-trusts-median`
Schools	55	23,504	cohort page	`schools-median`
NHS and hospitals	61	223	cohort page	`nhs-median`
GP practices	54	4,399	cohort page	`gp-practices-median`
Banks, building societies and credit unions	57	124	cohort page	`banks-median`
Charities	58	742	cohort page	`charities-median`

What we claim, and how to check it in the United Kingdom