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Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 96272

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the membership of the Timms Review steering group will be published.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We have launched the Timms Review to ensure Personal Independence Payment is fair and fit for the future. The Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, and other experts.

On 30 October, I announced that I will co-chair the Review alongside Sharon Brennan and Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE. We will oversee a steering group of around a dozen members, which will set the Review’s strategic direction, priorities and workplan.

The steering group is being recruited through an open and accessible Expression of Interest process, which ran from 30 October to 30 November. We are now considering applications and will provide an update shortly.

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