Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Work and Pensions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 23 Apr 2025 Closed: 1 Jan 2026 Parliament page
The Work and Pensions Committee is undertaking a short inquiry into the impact of the Government’s proposals to reform the disability and health related benefits system, as set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The Committee is not putting out a call for evidence, but the terms of … Read more
6 Recommendations
17 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
2 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
23 Oct
2025
Report published
29 Jul
2025
Report published
25 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
25 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
11 Jun
2025
Correspondence
21 May
2025
Correspondence
7 May
2025
Oral evidence
7 May
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
22 Apr
2025
Oral evidence
22 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
25 Jun 2025
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Work and Pensions Committee
Katherine Pateman · Department for Work and Pensions Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms · Department for Work and Pensions Shaun Butcher · Department for Work and Pensions
7 May 2025
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Work and Pensions Committee
David Berry · Manchester City Council David Finch · The Health Foundation Dr Lucy Foulkes · Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Ellen Clifford · Disabled People Against Cuts James Taylor · Scope Jonathan Andrew · Rethink Mental Illness Mikey Erhardt · Disability Rights UK Professor Ben Barr · University of Liverpool
22 Apr 2025
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Work and Pensions Committee
Angela Matthews · Business Disability Forum Iain Porter · Joseph Rowntree Foundation Jean-André Prager · Policy Exchange Professor Ben Geiger · King’s College London Ruth Curtice · Resolution Foundation Ruth Patrick · University of York Tom Pollard · New Economics Foundation
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work HC 837 29 Jul 2025 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
10 Conclusion Not Addressed
3rd Report – Get Britain Working: …
Removal of Universal Credit Bill Clause 5 welcomed, but policy development and impact analysis lacked.
In the end, the Government made the right decision by removing Clause 5 from the Universal Credit Bill, as a result of which there will now be no change to PIP eligibility until after the completion of the PIP review. … Read more
Government Response
The government confirmed the removal of Clause 5 from the Bill and stated that PIP reforms will proceed through the co-produced Timms Review, but did not address the committee's concerns regarding policy development process, impact analysis, or long-term considerations.
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18 Conclusion
3rd Report – Get Britain Working: …
PIP assessment process experiences remain dreadful, requiring greater provider accountability.
People’s experiences of the PIP assessment process are often dreadful, so we fully support the proposal to record all assessments, but we think still more needs to be done to hold assessment providers to account for their performance. This subject … Read more
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 6 classified
Accepted 9
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 7
Not Addressed 1
Total 6 recs + 17 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
11 Jun 2025 Correspondence from the Secretary of State, responding to the Committee’s 21 May letter regarding the Pathways to Work Green Paper
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21 May 2025 Correspondence with the Secretary of State, relating to the Pathways to Work Green Paper
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