canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/parliament.uk/statutoryinstruments # UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API Jentic publishes the only agent-ready OpenAPI specification for the UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API, keeping it validated and up to date. The API exposes details of Statutory Instruments (SIs) laid before Parliament, including negative and affirmative procedures, laid dates, parliamentary scrutiny status, and associated committee reports. It powers legal compliance platforms, regulatory tracking systems, and parliamentary oversight tools monitoring secondary legislation across government departments. ## For AI agents Query Statutory Instruments laid before Parliament, track scrutiny status, and retrieve committee reports across 16 endpoints. ## Scope Covers parliamentary scrutiny of Statutory Instruments including laying, procedure, and committee reports. Does not include full SI text or legal force dates - use legislation.gov.uk API for that. Does not cover draft SIs or instruments laid before devolved parliaments. ## Capabilities - Search for Statutory Instruments by title, year, or department - Retrieve details of a specific SI by ID - List SIs by laid date or parliamentary session - Track SI scrutiny status and procedural progress - Access committee reports and recommendations on SIs - Filter SIs by procedure type (negative or affirmative) - Query SIs by parent Act enabling power - Retrieve laying authority and government department details ## Use cases ### Regulatory Change Monitoring Track new Statutory Instruments as they are laid before Parliament to monitor regulatory changes affecting specific sectors. Search by department or keyword via GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search`, then retrieve full SI details including laying date, procedure type, and enabling Act. Ideal for compliance teams tracking secondary legislation. Example prompt: GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search`?department=Health to list all SIs laid by the Department of Health ### Parliamentary Scrutiny Tracking Monitor the scrutiny status of affirmative and negative procedure SIs as they progress through parliamentary oversight. GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/{id}` returns current status, while committee report endpoints expose scrutiny recommendations. Useful for parliamentary researchers and legal teams tracking SI approval timelines. Example prompt: GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/{id}`, then GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/{id}/CommitteeReports` to retrieve scrutiny details ### Enabling Act Cross-Reference Link Statutory Instruments to their parent Acts by querying SIs made under specific enabling powers. Filter by Act or section to see all secondary legislation created under a particular statute. This supports legal research connecting primary and secondary legislation. Example prompt: GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search`?enablingAct={act} to list all SIs made under a specific Act ### AI-Powered Regulatory Research via Jentic An AI agent monitoring UK regulation can search for SIs by department or policy area, track scrutiny progress, and retrieve committee reports through Jentic without managing complex filtering or parsing nested SI data. Jentic resolves intents like 'find health SIs laid this year' to the correct endpoints. Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'find Statutory Instruments by department', load GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search` schema, and execute ## Key endpoints | Method | Path | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | GET | `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search` | Search for Statutory Instruments by various criteria | | GET | `/api/StatutoryInstruments/{id}` | Retrieve detailed information about a specific SI | | GET | `/api/StatutoryInstruments/{id}/CommitteeReports` | Get committee reports for an SI | | GET | `/api/StatutoryInstruments/List` | List all SIs with filtering and pagination | ## Key resources - **Statutory Instruments** — SI details including title, laid date, procedure, and enabling Act - **Committee Reports** — Parliamentary committee scrutiny reports and recommendations on SIs - **Laying Authority** — Government department or minister responsible for laying the SI - **Procedure** — Negative or affirmative procedure status and parliamentary timeline ## Why Jentic - **Setup:** Wiring the UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API by hand means learning its search and list conventions, handling pagination across scrutiny records, and parsing nested committee-report data yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Statutory Instruments API from the API Directory, and your agent calls it with no credential to manage since it is open-access. - **Permission scoping:** This API is read-only over public SI scrutiny data, so you limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as searching instruments or fetching one SI and its committee reports by id. Every operation is a GET, so nothing it can call writes or changes parliamentary records. - **Credential handling:** The Statutory Instruments API is open-access and needs no credential, so there is no key to store. If you later front it with a gateway token, that token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance, injected at execution time, and never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context. - **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'find health statutory instruments' or 'check an SI scrutiny status', and Jentic returns the matching Statutory Instruments operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs. ## Related APIs - **UK Parliament Bills API** — Legislative bills and amendments tracking across parliamentary sessions - **UK Parliament Treaties API** — International treaties laid before Parliament with scrutiny status ## FAQ ### What is a Statutory Instrument? A Statutory Instrument (SI) is a form of secondary legislation made under powers granted by an Act of Parliament (primary legislation). SIs allow the government to make detailed regulations without passing new Acts. They are laid before Parliament and subject to negative or affirmative procedure scrutiny. ### What is the difference between negative and affirmative procedure? Affirmative procedure SIs require parliamentary approval (a vote) to come into force. Negative procedure SIs become law automatically unless Parliament votes to reject them within 40 days. The API includes procedure type in SI details. ### Can I filter SIs by government department? Yes. Use GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search` with department or laying authority parameters to filter SIs by the government department responsible for laying them. This is useful for tracking regulatory changes in specific policy areas. ### How do I find SIs made under a specific Act? Use the enabling Act filter in GET `/api/StatutoryInstruments/Search` to retrieve all SIs made under powers granted by a particular Act of Parliament. The API returns the parent Act and section references for each SI. ### Is authentication required for this API? No. The UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API is a public API with no authentication required. It provides open access to SI data for research, compliance, and monitoring purposes. ### Where does Jentic's OpenAPI spec for this API come from? Jentic imports and validates the official Swagger spec published by UK Parliament at https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/swagger/v1/swagger.json, converts it to OpenAPI 3.0.3, and keeps it updated so AI agents and developers can call the API via structured tooling. ### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the UK Parliament Statutory Instruments API? Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which of this API's operations the agent may call, so you can allow only what a task needs, such as searching Statutory Instruments or fetching a single SI and its committee reports by id. Every operation here is a read-only GET over public scrutiny data, so nothing the agent calls can write to or change parliamentary records. You can also restrict the agent to specific endpoints and leave the rest unavailable.