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Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

Asked by Ian SollomLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 October 2025UIN 79782

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish details on (a) the process for the work of the PIP review and (b) how (i) individuals and (ii) groups can participate in that review.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

To ensure lived experience is at the heart of its work, the Timms Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, clinicians, carers, experts, MPs and others. We have also confirmed that a majority of the Review’s leadership group will be disabled.

This group will not work alone: it will shape a programme of participation and engagement that brings together the full range of views and voices.

Over the summer, I met with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, disability, welfare and carers’ charities, think tanks and other experts to discuss and listen to how we should approach co-production in the Timms Review.

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