The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
The Prime Minister, in response to questions on official vehicles and fuel allowances, stated that no official vehicle or fuel allowance was provided to the former Minister of City Planning and Water Supply between 29 October and 15 December 2018. She further informed the House that the Minister of National Dialogue appointed in September 2015 was allocated three official vehicles, with four used in certain months, and that their details, periods of use, and monthly fuel expenditure were tabled in annexes. She said the fuel entitlement was 750 litres for petrol vehicles and 600 litres for diesel vehicles, and noted that alternative vehicles were provided when allocated vehicles were under repair.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 (a) (i) According to the information provided by the Accounts Division of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, the Minister of City Planning and Water Supply had not been paid the fuel allowance for November and December, 2018. Also, when examining the files held by the Transport Division, there is no information regarding the allocation of official vehicles to the Minister of City Planning and Water Supply for this period and therefore, no official vehicles had been assigned to the Minister during this period.
¶ 02 (ii) This question is not applicable, as no official vehicle was assigned during this period.
¶ 03 (iii) No official vehicle was assigned from 29.10.2018 to 15.12.2018.
¶ 04 No fuel allowance was paid during this period.
¶ 05 (ii) This question is not applicable, as no official vehicle was assigned to the relevant Minister.
¶ 06 (c) Not applicable.
¶ 07 MINISTER OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE APPOINTED IN SEPTEMBER, 2015: OFFICIAL VEHICLES
¶ 08 1614/2025
¶ 09 Question asked from the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education by The Hon. Sujeewa Dissanayake:
¶ 10 (a) Will she inform this House the - (i) number of official vehicles allocated by the then Government to the Minister of National Dialogue appointed from September, 2015 in the Eighth Parliament; (ii) registration number, type and model of the said official vehicles, separately; and (iii) duration for which those official vehicles were allocated?
¶ 11 (b) Will she also inform this House the - (i) monthly fuel entitlement for each of the said official vehicles, separately; and (ii) amount of fuel spent monthly in litres and expenditure incurred on that for each of those official vehicles, separately, during the period when the said Minister held the office of Minister of National Dialogue?
¶ 12 (c) If not, why?
¶ 13 Answer:
¶ 14 (a) (i) Three official vehicles. Four vehicles were used in December, 2017, January, 2018 and January, 2019.
¶ 15 (ii) Details of the official vehicles attached to the Minister are given in Annex 01. [Placed in the Library.]
¶ 16 (iii) From 14.09.2015 to 20.11.2019.
¶ 17 (b) (i) In cases of a petrol vehicle - 750 litres. In cases of a diesel vehicle - 600 litres.
¶ 18 (ii) The monthly quantity of litres and expenditure spent on official vehicles during the period under review are given in Annex 02. [Placed in the Library.]
¶ 19 It was observed that in months in which the official vehicles allocated to the Minister were referred for repairs, an alternative vehicle was provided instead.
¶ 20 (c) Not relevant.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2026. No. 23270. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4749