ALT GOV.UK Department for Work & Pensions Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Terms of Reference 30 Oct 2025 We have also outlined future plans to remove the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Following that, the PIP assessment will become the single gateway for health-related and disability benefits, placing additional importance on this element of the system. The Review will include consideration of: the role of PIP - as the future single gateway to health-related and disability benefits - in enabling disabled people and those with long-term conditions to live independently and fully participate in society The Review will take account of other reforms announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, such as the interaction with the removal of the WCA https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timms-review-of-pip-terms-of-reference/timms-review-of-personal-independence-payment-terms-of-reference

ALT According to interrogation of DWP StatXplore Database tables 3,074,233 were awarded "health" (incapacity) benefits: LCW, LCWRA, ESA Support Group, ESA WRAG as of November 2025 in England & Wales Of those 1,977,449 were also in receipt of Daily Living PIP which means 1,096,774 were not in receipt of Daily Living PIP This figure excludes those who migrated from Legacy ESA and were labelled as both ESA Support Group and LCWRA because they receive a combination of income-related and contributions-based awards (412,923). These claimants receive the equivalent of LCWRA financial support but with the same National Insurance credits as ESA Support Group. So they are only included in the ESA Support Group numbers in the above table. https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

ALT SICKNESS BENEFITS PAY £2,500 MORE THAN A JOB, NEW DATA REVEALS July 10, 2025 The CSJ's recommendations in Change the Prescription: Withdraw PIP & UC Health from those with milder anxiety, depression or ADHD (69% of claimants with these conditions who don't receive enhanced PIP, translating into roughly 1.09 million claimants across PIP & UC) For those retaining eligibility, reset payments to £103.10 pwk, a reduction of ~£80 pwk Use the saving of £7.4b annually by 2029/30 to fund a £1b reinvestment in frontline mental health services, local support groups, work coaches & community interventions. Narrowing eligibility for PIP & UC Health to the most severe cases of anxiety, depression or ADHD would save approx £8.8b Establish a £300m National Work & Health Service, building on WorkWell, taking responsibility for Fit Notes away from GPs. Assuming 10% of those affected move into work = £500m further savings https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/cost-of-welfare-2025