Scottish AI Register — a Public Inventory of Scotland's Public-Sector AI, Moving From Voluntary to Mandatory

The Scottish AI Register is the public inventory of AI systems in use or in development in Scotland's public sector, run by the Scottish Government and built and maintained by the Finnish firm Saidot. It delivers a commitment made in March 2021 in the Scottish AI Strategy. Each entry shows the responsible organisation, the system's status (idea, development, pilot or production), a short description and a link to further detail, and lets the public send feedback on specific uses.
Cost and procurement: a Freedom of Information release records £236,989.17 for the CivTech challenge phase (exploration, design, delivery) plus a £97,320 contract for ongoing management and maintenance, £334,309.17 in total. The register has since grown beyond an inventory into a library of AI risks, policies and technical guidance, and a monitoring tool for data-science delivery.
Scale and mandate: the register lists roughly 40 systems from bodies including Social Security Scotland, the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration, NatureScot and councils. The Scottish Government has begun mandating its use in a phased approach, starting with core Scottish Government uses; a regulatory-database record dates the mandatory phase to 8 October 2025.
Limits: no independent evaluation of the register's effect on public trust, accountability or system quality was found, and coverage beyond central government is still being built. Sources give differing launch dates, so this entry treats it as a voluntary register operating since 2023–24 that is now moving to mandatory disclosure.

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