What’s next after the publication of the Timms Review (July 2026)?

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is now asking disabled people with long term health condition for their input to help shape the future of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)/ Adult Disability Payment (ADP). PIP was described as “not fit for purpose” in the Timms Review. The aim is to make sure that PIP is fit and fair for the future. The Review’s steering group is now developing emerging recommendations and wish to seek views on them from people across the UK. These workshops will enable people to take part in discussing, testing and refining the recommendations.

Now is your chance to influence the future of PIP/ADP. There will be 15 Shaping Recommendations Workshops both online and in person. They are part of the review’s wider engagement process. The registration process has already opened and those who have been successful will be notified by early September. Each workshop will host a maximum of 20 people. The in-person workshops will cover large regional areas in the UK with a town/city in those regions chosen to host the event. There are some online workshops which will cover England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  

Alongside these workshops, the Review will also be contacting stakeholders including Disabled People’s Organisations, charities and MPs to test and refine its emerging recommendations

Approximately 4,734,710 people claim PIP/ADP in the UK (GOV.UK Feb/Apr 2026). The 300 people who will attend the Shaping Recommendations Workshops represent 0.0063% of the total number in receipt of PIP/ADP.  ICANN are concerned that disabled people with long term health conditions are not being given the opportunity in shaping these reforms as the numbers are not statistically significant if you are wanting to use the information to represent or generalise views for the disabled community.  Whilst the selection process is random, will there be missed opportunities due to under representation? Is the aim to gather qualitative information which inform the emerging recommendations?

We are interested to see how the DWP going to use this evidence as well as what has been found so far in the consultation process? How will disabled peoples’ input/views be represented in the final report which will be published in Autumn 2026?

As a charity, ICANN supports disabled people and we see how decisions about PIP affect people’s independence, wellbeing and ability to participate in everyday life. ICANN will continue to listen to the people we support, raise their concerns and help ensure that their voices are heard as the reform process develops.

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