Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Status: Closed Opened: 23 Apr 2025 Closed: 1 Jan 2026 6 recommendations 17 conclusions 1 report

The Work and Pensions Committee is undertaking a short inquiry into the impact of the Government’s proposals to reform the disability and health related benefits system, as set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The Committee is not putting out a call for evidence, but the terms of reference are: to explore the …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work	HC 837	29 Jul 2025	23	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items

15 Conclusion 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathw… Acknowledged

Devolved disability benefits in Scotland pose significant obstacles to UC health implementation.

As the Minister accepted when he gave oral evidence, the fact that disability benefits are a devolved matter in Scotland presents potentially very serious obstacles to implementation. We are particularly concerned about the possibility that in the future the criteria for determining eligibility for the Adult Disability Payment could be …

Government response. The government acknowledges the concern about devolved disability benefits and states that discussions are ongoing with the Scottish Government regarding interactions between devolved and reserved systems.

Department for Work and Pensions

17 Conclusion 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathw… Acknowledged

PIP assessment review terms published, prioritising co-production with disabled people.

We welcome the publication of the terms of reference for the review of the PIP assessment, which is in desperate need of reform, and the Government’s commitment to co-produce it with disabled people and their organisations, as we called for in our letter to the Secretary of State. We are …

Government response. The government confirmed that reforms to PIP will be taken forward through the co-produced Timms Review, following the removal of clause 5 from the Bill.

Department for Work and Pensions

21 Conclusion 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathw… Acknowledged

Enshrining the right to try work in legislation is an important trust-building step.

Enshrining the right to try work in legislation will be a small but important and worthwhile measure that could provide greater clarity and even reduce levels of mistrust by putting the matter beyond doubt. This is just one step, however, in the many that will need to be taken to …

Government response. The government confirmed it continues to develop reforms, including introducing the "right to try guarantee," and is considering consultation responses to set out detailed plans in due course.

Department for Work and Pensions

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions

Date	Witnesses
25 Jun 2025	Katherine Pateman · Department for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms · Department for Work and Pensions, Shaun Butcher · Department for Work and Pensions	View ↗
7 May 2025	David Berry · Manchester City Council, David Finch · The Health Foundation, Dr Lucy Foulkes · Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Ellen Clifford · Disabled People Against Cuts, James Taylor · Scope, Jonathan Andrew · Rethink Mental Illness, Mikey Erhardt · Disability Rights UK, Professor Ben Barr · University of Liverpool	View ↗
22 Apr 2025	Angela Matthews · Business Disability Forum, Iain Porter · Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Jean-André Prager · Policy Exchange, Professor Ben Geiger · King’s College London, Ruth Curtice · Resolution Foundation, Ruth Patrick · University of York, Tom Pollard · New Economics Foundation	View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters

Date	Direction	Title
11 Jun 2025	—	Correspondence from the Secretary of State, responding to the Committee’s 21 Ma…
21 May 2025	—	Correspondence with the Secretary of State, relating to the Pathways to Work Gr…