Question follow-through · 3041
Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans for any changes made as a consequence of the Timms review to be either laid as a negative, or positive, statutory instrument, or as a bill.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans for any changes made as a consequence of the Timms review to be either laid as a negative, or positive, statutory instrument, or as a bill.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government has launched the Timms Review to ensure we have a system that supports disabled people to achieve better health, higher living standards and greater independence, including through employment.The Review is being co-produced with disabled pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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