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PIP assessment process experiences remain dreadful, requiring greater provider accountability.
Conclusion
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 is slightly beyond the scope of our inquiry, but it is a crucial area in which much more work needs to be done. (Conclusion, Paragraph 132)
Government Response Summary
The government states it removed a clause from a Bill concerning Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and will now take forward reforms to PIP through the new 'Timms Review,' which is being co-produced with disabled people and experts.
Government Response
Deferred
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Following concerns raised about the pace of change, particularly around the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) we removed clause 5 of the Bill. We will now take forward reforms to PIP in a different way, through the Timms Review, which we are co-producing with disabled people and other experts.
Source
Committee
Work and Pensions Committee
Report
3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work
29 Jul 2025
HC 837
Addressee Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions
Timeline
Recommendation age
1.0 yr
Report published
29 Jul 2025