The Review’s Terms of Reference was updated on 30 October 2025 to reflect current government policy following changes to the Universal Credit Act, and to include additions and clarifications following stakeholder engagement over the summer 2025.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published the initial Terms of Reference in June 2025.
The Terms of Reference can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timms-review-of-pip-terms-of-reference?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5d04f600-9faf-4b8b-9c09-73da65e92560&utm_content=daily.
The Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper set out proposals to reform how the government supports disabled people and those with health conditions.
The Government sought feedback via a public consultation. They invited views from across the public, and particularly encouraged responses from disabled people and those with health conditions, their carers and their representative organisations.
Respondents could provide feedback in the form of a written response (either via an online form, email or post), or in person at one of the public consultation events held across the UK and virtually.
The consultation ran from 18 March to 30 June 2025 and, in total, received 47,983 responses. 14,763 of these were direct responses to our consultation questions, while 33,220 were sent in response to the consultation, but which answered questions not asked by the consultation.
The Government published their response on 30 October 2025, where they announced that it would not take forward the proposed changes to the eligibility criteria of PIP until after the findings of the Timms Review.
The consultation response can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper/outcome/government-response-to-the-pathways-to-work-consultation#next-steps.
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