Overview
- Ministers confirmed the Timms Review will cover the PIP mobility component and the benefits PIP passports to, including Motability and Blue Badges.
- Planned eligibility tightening has been shelved, with no new rules to be introduced while the co‑produced review runs to next autumn.
- Updated DWP guidance reiterates that decisions hinge on functional impact—safely, reliably, repeatedly and in reasonable time—over more than 50% of days.
- The department says assessment health professionals are qualified, registered and authorised only after completing DWP‑approved training and appraisal.
- Around 3.8 million people receive PIP, paid at £29.20–£187.45 per week (up to £749.80 every four weeks), with over 1.5 million on awards lasting five years or longer.