The Department for Communities and Local Government, which administers the programme, said the figures mean that more children are back in school, youth crime and anti-social behaviour are down and adults are getting off benefits and into work
A payment-by-results initiative, the Troubled Families programme aims to end criminality, get children back into school and parents ready to work.
According to communities secretary Eric Pickles, who announced the figures yesterday, the programme is already helping 50,000 families, up from 35,000 in March.
He said that the scheme remains on track to meet the Prime Minister’s target of turning around 120,000 families by 2015.
The news follows an announcement by the Government in June to commit a further £200m of funding for 2015/16 to extend the Troubled Families Programme to help more ‘high-risk’ families.
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