§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress her Department is making in developing a new needs-based formula for allocating resources for primary health care.
§ Mr. MaloneWork is now in hand to consider an appropriate approach to resource allocation in 1996–97 and beyond when, legislation permitting, there will be new health authorities embracing the functions of family health services authorities and district health authorities. That work will include primary care expenditure.