The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has said the cash will no longer be ringfenced due to a reorganisation of lottery funds. It has sparked anger among campaigners, who say play projects will lose out.
Dobson told Children Now: "They have abolished the New Opportunities Fund and set up this Big Lottery Fund but I don't think some internal reorganisation can be used as an excuse to get out of a simple, clear, election promise that an extra 200m will be found for play.
"I was asked to do the review on the understanding this promise would be kept and I remain working on that assumption."
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