Overview
- Sir Stephen Timms told MPs the 12-person steering group will meet face to face for the first time later this week with him and co-chairs Sharon Brennan and Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE.
- The review will explicitly consider the lived experience of people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions, which account for a large share of PIP claims.
- An open call drew more than 340 submissions from disabled people and organisations to inform the review’s priorities and recommendations.
- Timms cited existing Universal Credit rules treating people undergoing cancer treatment as having limited capability for work-related activity to reassure MPs concerned about protections.
- Officials expect to publish the review’s findings in the autumn, with no policy recommendations issued yet.