Overview
- Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE and Sharon Brennan will co‑chair the Timms Review alongside Minister Sir Stephen Timms.
- An Expression of Interest has opened for 12 steering‑group members, with a majority to be disabled people or DPO representatives, running for four weeks on GOV.UK.
- The review will assess whether PIP reflects today’s conditions and needs, including its role in supporting independence and how assessments unlock wider support, against rising disability prevalence in working‑age people.
- The DWP is exploring using eligibility evidence from other services and digital transfers of NHS medical evidence with consent to reduce assessment burden and speed claims.
- The review will provide an interim update before reporting by autumn 2026, and ministers say substantive PIP changes are paused following the scrapping of proposals to tighten eligibility, with charities cautiously welcoming the process.