To ask the Secretary of State for Health what body will become responsible for the purchase of health services within the area of each of the district health authorities in England listed in his answer of 21 January becoming a trust on an all-authority basis in April 1992.

In all districts, district health authorities will be the purchasers of hospital and community health services for their residents. Where they exist, GP fund holders will have responsibility for purchasing a prescribed range of medical services for their patients.