Department for Work and Pensions - Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has provided an update on the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) including a refreshed Terms of Reference, which provides further clarity on the Review’s scope.
Background
The Review is expected to report to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Autumn 2026, with an interim update expected ahead of that.
On 30 October 2025, the Minister of State for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms MP announced that Sharon Brennan and Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE join him as co-chairs of the review.
The aim of this Review is to make sure PIP fairly reflects the reality of the impact of people’s conditions in the modern world, as well as considering the needs of disabled people more widely. It will look at the role of PIP in enabling disabled people to live independently and fully participate in society, as well as the role of the assessment in unlocking wider support.
The Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them and other experts, and will aim to ensure we have a system that supports disabled people to achieve better health, higher living standards and greater independence.
DWP has also announced an Expression of Interest to recruit 12 members for the Review’s steering group - the majority of whom will be disabled people or representatives of Disabled People’s Organisations – and will lead the co-production and strategic direction of the Review.
The steering group will not work alone: it will oversee a programme of participation that brings together the full range of views and voices. It will also draw on a broad range of evidence, sources and co-production methodologies to develop its recommendations.
Full details on the DWP led Timms Review including the revised Terms of Reference and the Expression of Interest process can be found at: The Timms Review.