Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

(asked on 16th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the draft recommendations and principles of the Timms Review may lead to changes in policy and practice, particularly around how assessment criteria, assessor guidance and training, and the application form may change.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2026

The Timms Review will report its final recommendations to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in late autumn. It will then be for the Secretary of State to consider the findings, before deciding any changes.

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