The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister tabled an answer stating that the President’s Fund office was located in the Lake House building until 31 December 2024 and has since been relocated to the Standard Chartered Bank Building. She reported that the previous monthly cost at Lake House was Rs. 1,507,227.19, including rent, electricity and water, and that no additional monthly expenditure is incurred at the new premises because it uses unused space in a building already rented by the Presidential Secretariat since 2006.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Answer tabled.
¶ 02 (a) (i) The Office of the President’s Fund was located at Lake House building up to 31.12.2024.
¶ 03 (ii) Yes, it has been relocated.
¶ 04 (iii) It is now housed in a private building: the Standard Chartered Bank Building.
¶ 05 (iv) Monthly expenditure at Lake House (Dec 2024): - Rent (with taxes): Rs. 1,330,450.00 - Electricity (avg.): Rs. 167,042.19 - Water (avg.): Rs. 9,735.00 Total: Rs. 1,507,227.19
¶ 06 (v) No additional monthly expenditure is incurred at the new location. The office has been set up on a lower floor of a private building rented by the Presidential Secretariat since 2006, which had unused space.
¶ 07 (௦) Not applicable.
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