The Turnbull government's $185 million nanny scheme paid out less than $9000 in subsidies in its first four months.

Documents released under freedom of information laws show families were paid just $8820 under the troubled Nanny Pilot Program between its launch on January 1 and the week ending May 8.

That means that more than four months into the 30-month trial - first announced to much fanfare in the Coalition's 2015 budget - just 0.0049 per cent of its budget has actually gone to parents.