The money - from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy - will be available to schools in the 2018/19 financial year, with more detail on how it will be distributed among schools due to be published later this year.
When the levy was first announced in March 2016, by then Chancellor George Osborne, emphasis was placed on how the money would be used to improve physical health, with the cash initially earmarked to double the primary school PE and sport premium, and to allow secondary schools to opt in to longer school hours so they could offer a wider range of activities for pupils.
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