The Timms Review of Personal Independent Payments (PIP) has now opened to the public to submit their evidence towards the consultation.
The Timms Review was announced last year, and the MEA covered news around it extensively last summer. They state that:
The Review is examining whether PIP – which supports nearly four million people in England and Wales with the extra costs of disability – better reflects how people’s conditions impact them in the modern world.
Since then, the steering group for the review has been formed, and that group have now opened a call for anyone in the public to submit evidence towards the review.
Anyone can respond and those with lived or learned experience of PIP, including disabled people, the organisations that represent them, carers, clinicians, experts, MPs, and other elected officials across the UK, are particularly encouraged to do so.
It is built around the four themes the steering group have identified, with evidence sought on topics including, but not limited to:
- How effectively PIP is delivering on its intended purpose
- Whether the PIP assessment provides fair access to the right support
- Whether the experience of claiming PIP varies for different groups
- How the changes in the workplace and wider society since 2013 have impacted PIP
It is vitally important the the views of people with ME/CFS and Long Covid are heard throughout this review.
The review is open from 19 March 2026 and will close at 11:59pm on 28 May 2026.
You can send in your evidence using the online form here. This can be submitted anonymously:
For those who find the form difficult, please see the following information:
Send an email: timmsreview.callforevidence@dwp.gov.uk
Write a letter:
The Timms Review
Disability and Health Strategy Directorate
Department for Work and Pensions
Floor Two
Caxton House
London
SW1H 9NA