3372/’12
Hon. P. Harrison,— To ask the Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) of the amount of decentralized allocations received by a Member of the North Central Provincial Council;
(ii) whether they have been informed by a circular, the development activities on which the aforesaid allocations should be expended; and
(iii) if so, what those activities are?
(b) Is he aware that the money received through decentralized funds—
(i) are not properly allocated to the relevant societies or persons;
(ii) are utilized by certain Provincial Councilors for their personal use; and
(iii) are utilized fraudulently by the Provincial Councilors with the help of the officers in the process of spending that money?
(c) Will he state—
(i) whether the relevant District Secretariats intervened in providing decentralized funds to the Provincial Councils;
(ii) if not, the reasons for that;
(iii) if that is done through Divisional Secretariats, whether the Provincial Council will conduct a follow up in this regard;
(iv) if not, reasons for that;
(v) whether the spending of decentralized money is done properly under the supervision of the Divisional Secretariats; and
(vi) if so, whether action will be taken to present its progress to the District Development Committee meeting?
(d) If not, why?
Asked Date
2013-11-28
Asked by
Hon. P. Harrison, M.P.
Ministry
Local Government & Provincial Councils
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
North Central Province-Centralized Fund allocations
Answered Date
2014-09-03
Answered by
Hon. Indika Bandaranayake, M.P.
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