Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the forthcoming review of disability support will include the needs of people with colour-vision deficiency; and whether he will assess low-cost steps to improve accessibility for people with red/green colour-blindness.

The overarching aims and scope of the Timms Review are set out in its Terms of Reference, which are available on GOV.UK.

The Review will consider the role of PIP in enabling disabled people to live independently; whether the assessment criteria effectively capture the impact of long-term health conditions and disability in the modern world; and whether any other evidence should be considered as part of the assessment. It will also look at how the assessment could ensure people access the right support at the right level.

It will be for the Review’s steering group, once in place, to set the Review’s strategic direction, priorities and workplan. Following an open and accessible expression of interest process, which ran from 30 October to 30 November, we are in the process of shortlisting candidates and will provide an update shortly.