Early findings from a Department for Communities and Local Government analysis of the second phase of the programme, which runs from 2015 to 2020, found that the number of children in need among families involved in the initiative fell 13 per cent after the intervention.
The report reveals that, six months after the intervention began, the proportion of children in need was 36.4 per cent, but 12 months on, this fell to 31.7 per cent.
In contrast, over the same period the incidences of a child deemed to need support from councils rose slightly among a comparison group not receiving support.
The research also found that the proportion of children subject to a protection plan fell from 9.9 per cent to 9.5 per cent in the same period. The proportion of looked-after children also fell, from two per cent to 1.2 per cent over the same period.
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