The Hon. (Dr.) Susil Ranasinghe - Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply
The Minister provided details on official vehicles and fuel allowances assigned to a former Minister between 30 September 2015 and 26 October 2018. He stated that three Ministry vehicles were used until 1 March 2016, after which fuel allowances were paid for three private vehicles, with entitlements based on President’s Circular No. CA/1/17/1 of 14 May 2010. He also gave the vehicle numbers, periods of use, monthly fuel entitlements and recorded expenditure, noting that payments ceased after the Cabinet was dissolved by Gazette Extraordinary No. 2094/43 dated 26 October 2018.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 (a) (i) The Ministry assigned three official vehicles from 30.09.2015 to 01.03.2016. After these vehicles were returned, fuel allowances were paid to the Hon. Minister for three private motor vehicles from 01.03.2016.
¶ 02 (ii) - KM-5597 — Toyota Land Cruiser (Jeep) - KQ-5455 — Toyota Crown (Car) - KA-1010 — Mitsubishi Montero (Jeep) - KE-9530, GA-5555, CAA-4929 — These three are private vehicles; their type/model are not recorded in Ministry files or archives.
¶ 03 (iii) - KM-5597: 30.09.2015 to 01.03.2016 - KQ-5455: 30.09.2015 to 01.03.2016 - KA-1010: 30.09.2015 to 01.03.2016 - KE-9530: 01.03.2016 to 26.10.2018 - GA-5555: 01.03.2016 to 26.10.2018 - CAA-4929: 01.03.2016 to 26.10.2018
¶ 04 As per Gazette Extraordinary No. 2094/43 dated 26.10.2018, the Cabinet was dissolved.
¶ 05 (b) (i) According to President’s Circular No. CA/1/17/1 dated 14.05.2010, monthly fuel entitlements: - KM-5597 — Diesel 600 L - KQ-5455 — Petrol 750 L - KA-1010 — Petrol 750 L - KE-9530 — Diesel 600 L - GA-5555 — Diesel 600 L - CAA-4929 — Petrol 750 L
¶ 06 (ii) As per the Ministry’s Accounts Division, the monthly fuel expenditure amounts (LKR) recorded for the respective vehicles were as follows:
¶ 07 Ministry vehicles (2015–2016): - October–December 2015: KM-5597 Rs. 57,000; KQ-5455 Rs. 87,750; KA-1010 Rs. 87,750 per month. - January–February 2016: KM-5597 Rs. 57,000; KQ-5455 Rs. 87,750; KA-1010 Rs. 87,750 per month.
¶ 08 Private vehicles (2016–2018): - KE-9530, GA-5555, CAA-4929 recorded monthly fuel payments largely at Rs. 57,000; Rs. 57,000; and Rs. 87,750 respectively across months from 2016 through October 2018; with November–December 2018 entries ceasing following Cabinet dissolution.
¶ 09 (c) Does not arise.
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