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

2 items

10 Conclusion 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathw… Not Addressed

Removal of Universal Credit Bill Clause 5 welcomed, but policy development and impact analysis lacked.

In the end, the Government made the right decision by removing Clause 5 from the Universal Credit Bill, as a result of which there will now be no change to PIP eligibility until after the completion of the PIP review. The decision, and the way it was made, of course …

Government response. The government confirmed the removal of Clause 5 from the Bill and stated that PIP reforms will proceed through the co-produced Timms Review, but did not address the committee's concerns regarding policy development process, impact analysis, or long-term considerations.

Department for Work and Pensions

18 Conclusion 3rd Report – Get Britain Working: Pathw…

PIP assessment process experiences remain dreadful, requiring greater provider accountability.

People’s experiences of the PIP assessment process are often dreadful, so we fully support the proposal to record all assessments, but we think still more needs to be done to hold assessment providers to account for their performance. This subject is slightly beyond the scope of our inquiry, but it …

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…