The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
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.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answer is as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) [District-wise strength as at 01.01.2025; summary excerpt] - Total personnel: 31,422, distributed across districts including Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu (1,394), Vavuniya (997), Kilinochchi (1,858), Anuradhapura (2,100), Polonnaruwa (2,772), Monaragala, Badulla (350), Hambantota (473), Galle (87), Matara (116), Ampara (5,077), Batticaloa (269), Trincomalee (4,193), Western Province (various), Kurunegala (245), Puttalam (638), Ratnapura (293), etc.
¶ 03 (ii) Annual expenditure (Rs. million): - 2024 (Departmental provision): Salaries and wages 20,734.21; other recurrent 821.00; capital 252.00; total 21,807.21. - 2025 (Departmental provision up to 31.10.2025): Salaries and wages 20,646.36; other recurrent 494.34; capital 115.41; total 21,256.11. - 2025 (National Budget up to 31.10.2025): Salaries and wages 18,976.01; capital 38.53; total 19,508.88.
¶ 04 (iii) Annual income from projects (Rs. million): - 2024 total: 2,173.73 • Agriculture, masonry, animal husbandry and other services: 1,363.18 • Entertainment (dance/music) income: 16.61 • Security services: 638.30 • DASH services: 79.87 • Cleaning services: 27.09 • Miscellaneous (press/other): 63.29 • Training: 0.39 - 2025 up to 31.10.2025 total: 937.65 • Agriculture etc.: 324.25 • Entertainment: 7.93 • Security services: 596.47 • DASH services: 37.51 • Cleaning: 6.40 • Miscellaneous: 4.03 • Training: 0.06
¶ 05 (b) Does not arise.
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- Hansard, Monday, 10 November 2025 ·No. 22753 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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