The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government
The Minister responded to a question on official vehicles assigned to the Minister of Public Administration and Management appointed in September 2015. He stated that three vehicles were assigned at a time under the relevant Presidential Secretariat circular, listed the vehicle registrations, models and attachment periods, and provided the applicable monthly fuel quotas of 750 litres for petrol vehicles and 600 litres for diesel vehicles. He further stated that fuel allowances were calculated according to the 2015 circular and that detailed fuel expense records and information for the 2018 interim period were placed in the Library.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 MINISTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT APPOINTED IN SEPTEMBER, 2015: OFFICIAL VEHICLES (Q. No. 1617/2025)
¶ 02 (a) (i) In accordance with Management of Public Expenditure Circular No. CA/1/17/1 dated 14.05.2010 issued by the Presidential Secretariat, three vehicles were assigned at a time.
¶ 03 (ii) Registration No. | Type | Model | Attachment period - KU-7910 | Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | From 01.09.2015 to 30.06.2016 - CAA-0484 | Benz Motor Car | From 01.09.2015 to 31.05.2018 - CAD-7194 | Land Rover Defender | From 01.09.2015 to 31.10.2015; and from 01.11.2017 to 30.08.2018 - KX-5715 | Toyota Land Cruiser | From 01.07.2016 to 08.11.2018; and from 21.12.2018 to 21.11.2019 - KW-7148 | Land Rover Defender | From 01.11.2015 to 31.10.2017; from 01.09.2018 to 09.11.2018; and from 21.12.2018 to 31.03.2019 - CAS-9594 | Benz S300 | From 01.06.2018 to 08.11.2018; and from 21.12.2018 to 21.11.2019 - KT-6536 | Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | From 01.04.2019 to 21.11.2019
¶ 04 (iii) —
¶ 05 (b) (i) Monthly fuel quotas: - KU-7910: Diesel 600 L - CAA-0484: Petrol 750 L - CAD-7194: Diesel 600 L - KX-5715: Diesel 600 L - KW-7148: Diesel 600 L - CAS-9594: Diesel 600 L - KT-6536: Diesel 600 L
¶ 06 (ii) In accordance with the Management of Public Expenditure Circular No. CSA/1/17/1/1 dated 11.02.2015 issued by the Presidential Secretariat, an Hon. Minister was entitled to a monthly fuel quota of 750 litres for a petrol vehicle and 600 litres for a diesel vehicle. The fuel allowance, calculated based on the average price of a litre of diesel and a litre of 92 Octane petrol prevailing in the market on the first day of each month, was sent to the Minister by cheque.
¶ 07 The fuel expenses incurred on the vehicles assigned to the Minister from May 2016 onwards, extracted from the files maintained by the Ministry, are shown in Annex 01. Information regarding the vehicles allocated to the Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Justice of the then Government from 2018.11.09 to 2018.12.21 is shown in Annex 02. (Placed in the Library.)
¶ 08 (c) Does not arise.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna - Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 November 2025. No. 22931. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14264