pre_text: Amounts in the financial statements Group income statement The expense or income arising from all group retirement benefit arrangements recognised in the group income statement is shown below. a Relates to the removal of future indexation obligations following changes to the benefits provided under certain pension plans operating outside the UK in 2017/18. b All employees impacted by the closure of the BTPS receive transition payments into their BTRSS pot for a period linked to the employee’s age. There was no past service cost or credit on closure due to the assumed past service benefit link as an active member being the same as that assumed for a deferred member. c In October, a High Court judgment involving the Lloyds Banking Group’s defined benefit pension schemes was handed down, resulting in the group needing to recognise additional liability to equalise benefits between men and women due to GMPs, in common with most UK defined benefit schemes.
table: 2019 2018 2017
table: Year ended 31 March £m £m £m
table: Recognised in the income statement before specific items
table: Service cost (including administration expenses & PPF levy:
table: defined benefit plans 135 376 281
table: defined contribution plans 476 265 240
table: Past service credit a – (17) –
table: Subtotal 611 624 521
table: Recognised in the income statement as specific items (note 10)
table: Costs to close BT Pension Scheme and provide transition paymentsb for affected employees 23 – –
table: Cost to equalise benefits between men and women due to guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) c 26 – –
table: Net interest expense on pensions deficit included in specific items 139 218 209
table: Subtotal 188 218 209
table: Total recognised in the income statement 799 842 730
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the change in Total recognised in the income statement from 2019 to 2018?