The money, which will be paid as a supplement to the early intervention grant, will be available to local authorities that take part in the second phase of the government’s community budgets pilot from April 2012.
The first 16 areas to trial community budgets, which include Kent and the London Borough of Westminster, began the pilot in April. In June, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg invited more councils to sign up to the second phase of the programme with the aim of getting 50 more on board this year and a further 60 by 2012/13.
In a letter to local authorities, the DfE said: "We are now able to offer a small amount of financial support to those second phase areas that want to get their community budget project plans written in advance of April 2012, so they can hit the ground running."
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