Scottish Ministers became responsible for the rail franchise in Scotland on 17 October 2004, and no details are held by Transport Scotland prior to that date. Since then, the net subsidy payments made to First ScotRail under the Franchise Agreement have been: 2004-05 (part year): £103 million 2005-06: £201 million 2006-07: £281 million 2007-08: £294 mil...