# GOV.UK Pay

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/gov-uk-pay/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

UK government digital payment service providing a REST API for accepting card payments, managing payment links, and processing refunds for government digital services. Built and operated by the Government Digital Service (GDS), GOV.UK Pay enables over 1,500 public sector organisations to take payments securely without managing their own PCI DSS compliance.

## Kin Score — 36.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 63.0 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 15.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 34.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 48.6 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | verified |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **GOV.UK Pay Agreements API** — The Agreements API from GOV.UK Pay — 3 operation(s) for agreements.
- **GOV.UK Pay Authorise card payments API** — The Authorise card payments API from GOV.UK Pay — 1 operation(s) for authorise card payments.
- **GOV.UK Pay Card payments API** — The Card payments API from GOV.UK Pay — 5 operation(s) for card payments.
- **GOV.UK Pay Disputes API** — The Disputes API from GOV.UK Pay — 1 operation(s) for disputes.
- **GOV.UK Pay Refunding card payments API** — The Refunding card payments API from GOV.UK Pay — 3 operation(s) for refunding card payments.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Gov Uk Pay Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 7 acting

## Security (3)

- **Gov Uk Pay Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Gov Uk Pay Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Gov Uk Pay Trust Center** — PCI DSS

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Payments, Government, UK, Public Sector, REST, PCI DSS, Refunds, Recurring Payments, Webhook

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/gov-uk-pay/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.