Written questions

Disability: Employment

Commons · Question 85007 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in mobility awards on (a) disabled people’s ability to travel to employment and (b) local labour markets.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 30 Oct 2025

The government is committed to ensuring that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) remains a non-means tested cash benefit which is there for people in and out of work, now and into the future. The Timms Review aims to ensure we have a system that supports ...