pre_text: 11 Dividends The proposed dividend is subject to approval in 2020. It is therefore not included as a liability in these Financial Statements. No scrip alternative to the cash dividend is being offered in respect of the proposed final dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019.
table: 2019 2018
table: £m £m
table: Amounts paid in the year:
table: Final dividend for the year ended 31st December 2018 of 71.0p (2017: 62.0p) per share 52.3 45.7
table: Interim dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019 of 32.0p (2018: 29.0p) per share 23.6 21.3
table: Total dividends paid 75.9 67.0
table: Amounts arising in respect of the year:
table: Interim dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019 of 32.0p (2018: 29.0p) per share 23.6 21.3
table: Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31st December 2019 of 78.0p (2018: 71.0p) per share 57.5 52.3
table: Total dividends arising 81.1 73.6
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in the amount of total dividends paid in 2019 from 2018?