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Sitting of Monday, 10 November 2025

10th Parliament· 7 debates· 180 speeches· 44 speakers

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  4. 4 Oral question Oral Question: Civil Security Department – Annual Income and Expenditure (Q.1113/2025) 6 speeches
    • The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana JJB

      AI summary Hon. Roshan Akmeemana asked the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to provide district-wise figures on officers currently serving in the Civil Security Department. He also requested details of the Department’s total annual expenditure and the annual income generated from its special projects, and asked for reasons if the information could not be provided.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs JJB

      AI summary The Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs provided a written reply giving district-wise Civil Security Department personnel strength as at 1 January 2025, totalling 31,422 officers, with figures across multiple districts including Ampara, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura and others. He also tabled expenditure details for 2024 and 2025, showing departmental and National Budget allocations mainly for salaries, recurrent expenditure and capital spending. The reply further set out income earned from departmental projects, including agriculture and related services, security services, DASH services, cleaning, entertainment and training, with Rs. 2,173.73 million in 2024 and Rs. 937.65 million up to 31 October 2025.

      Security & DefencePublic Finance Full speech →
    • The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana JJB

      AI summary Hon. Roshan Akmeemana asked what measures the Ministry of Public Security would take regarding Civil Security Department personnel from the North Central and Eastern Provinces who are reassigned after the war to “special duties” in Colombo and other areas. He said such deployments, including sanitation work and duties at religious sites, create hardship because many personnel expected to serve near home, depend on farming, lack accommodation when transferred, and incur additional expenses while their fields are neglected.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala JJB

      AI summary The Minister stated that the Civil Security Department had recently been brought under the Ministry of Public Security and that around 5,000 CSD personnel seconded to the Department of Wildlife Conservation for human-elephant conflict mitigation were being released, with 3,975 already returned. He said most personnel are now being assigned near their home districts, specific cases raised by the Member would be re-examined, and future deployments would follow a proper system prioritizing nearest duty stations.

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    • The Hon. Roshan Akmeemana JJB

      AI summary Hon. Roshan Akmeemana asked what measures will be taken for Civil Security Department personnel who remain after secondments to the Wildlife Department and Police conclude. He noted that special duties are organized district-wise, but personnel are sometimes moved outside their districts, creating difficulties.

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    • The Hon. Ananda Wijepala JJB

      AI summary Plans were outlined to deploy 10,000 Civil Security Department personnel to support Police duties with a special allowance, second about 5,000 personnel to the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and retain the remainder for CSD functions. The statement also proposed institutional regularization of the CSD, improved facilities, and measures to secure future employment and benefits for personnel seconded to the Police and Wildlife Department.

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