pre_text: Consolidated statement of comprehensive income For the year ended 31 March 2019 1 The Group has adopted IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’, and IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ from 1 April 2018. The year ended 31 March 2018 has been restated for IFRS 16 which was implemented using the fully retrospective method. For further information on the impact of the change in accounting policies, see note 2 of these consolidated financial statements.
table: 2019 2018 (Restated)1
table: Note £m £m
table: Profit for the year 197.7 171.1
table: Other comprehensive income
table: Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss
table: Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (0.1) 0.2
table: Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
table: Remeasurements of post-employment benefit obligations 24 0.2 –
table: Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax 0.1 0.2
table: Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent 197.8 171.3
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in profit for the year in 2019 from 2018?