The current Troubled Families programme aims to help 400,000 disadvantaged families with complex needs such as parents on out-of-work benefits, and children who are involved in youth crime, antisocial behaviour, or who are excluded from school, between 2015 and 2020.
Local authorities are currently funded on a payment-by-results basis once they have "turned around" a troubled family, but as part of a trial a total of 11 councils will now receive upfront cash.
An annual report of the programme's progress states that the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government conducted a review of the funding system last summer, concluding that "on the whole", paying councils based on results is working.
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