Committees

Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work

Inquiry

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 issues with the social security system the Green Paper is seeking to address;
  • to explore the evidence of the impacts of welfare changes on poverty and employment;
  • to explore the experience of sick and disabled people of the current welfare system and their views on the impacts the changes could have on them; and
  • to explore the link between health status and worklessness, and the potential impacts of the welfare changes on health status

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Past events

Wednesday 25 June 2025
9:45am Public
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work - Oral evidence 25 June 2025
9:45am
  • Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms (Minister for Social Security and Disability at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Katherine Pateman (Deputy Director, Disability Benefits Division, Policy Group at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Shaun Butcher (Deputy Director, Disability Lead Analyst at Department for Work and Pensions)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 May 2025
9:30am Public
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work - Oral evidence 7 May 2025
9:30am
  • James Taylor (Executive Director at Scope)
  • Mikey Erhardt (Campaigns and Policy Officer at Disability Rights UK)
  • Ellen Clifford (Coordinator at Disabled People Against Cuts)
  • Jonathan Andrew (Head of Public Affairs at Rethink Mental Illness)
10:30am
  • Dr Lucy Foulkes (Academic Psychologist at Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
  • David Finch (Assistant Director, Healthy Lives Directorate at Health Foundation)
  • Professor Ben Barr (Professor in Applied Public Health Research at University of Liverpool)
  • David Berry (Work and Skills Lead at Manchester City Council)
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 22 April 2025
4:00pm Public
Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work - Oral evidence 22 April 2025
4:00pm
  • Professor Ben Geiger (Professor in Social Science and Health at King’s College London)
  • Tom Pollard (Head of Social Policy at New Economics Foundation)
  • Jean-André Prager (Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange)
  • Ruth Curtice (Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation)
5:00pm
  • Ruth Patrick (Professor of Social Policy at University of York)
  • Iain Porter (Senior Policy Adviser at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  • Angela Matthews (Director of Public Policy and Research at Business Disability Forum)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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