This field contains data about the Net Internal Area (NIA) of offices associated with support space. The value can be recorded to three decimal places.

All higher education providers (HEPs).

The NIA of offices not included elsewhere and used to support the operations of the HEP as a whole (see Support NIA total).

Includes:

• space used to house central managers, administrators, their departments, and associated activities,
• space primarily used to house central administrative and support staff and associated activities,
• Vice-Chancellor/Principals office and deputies,
• Council Chambers,
• boardrooms,
• finance offices,
• registry offices,
• planning offices,
• estates offices,
• ancillary storage space.

Sector use and benchmarking.