Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of his Department's programmes he plans to allocate funding for from the soft drinks industry levy in the next 12 months.

The Department is committed to improving children’s health using the funding raised through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL). This has included using the funding to double the Physical Education (PE) and Sport Premium to £320 million to improve the quality of PE in primary schools. The Department will continue to provide £320 million in academic year 2019-20. Funding from this levy has also been put towards school breakfast clubs, which have helped the most disadvantaged children in society to have a healthy meal at the start of the day.

The Department will set out the plans for the future spending of SDIL funds in due course.