The allowance shall include employers' costs other than employers' National Insurance contributions and employers' pension contributions which are provided for under paragraph 2; (b) to establish and run an office, within the constituency/region from which the member was returned; (c) to meet with constituents either on a onetoone basis or as a group; (d) subject to sub-paragraph (16), to meet his or her travelling expenses and overnight expenses relating to travel commencing within Scotland to destinations within the UK (but outside Scotland) and return incurred whilst undertaking Parliamentary duties; (e) to pay fees of attending a seminar/conference which relates to the member carrying out his or her Parliamentary duties; (f) to meet travelling expenses, overnight expenses, and fees of attending a seminar/conference incurred by a member's staff or volunteers who are assisting the member in his or her Parliamentary duties, which costs are not otherwise covered by paragraph 7; (g) to pay staff and volunteer training costs; (h) where any member pays an employee a "one-off" bonus payment, to meet any employers' National Insurance contributions which arise; (i) subject to sub-paragraphs (16) and (17) to meet travelling expenses and overnight expenses relating to travel to Brussels/Strasbourg for meetings with members of the European Parliament and/or representatives of European Union institutions, as part of his or her Parliamentary duties. (3) An employee of a member shall be employed on the terms and conditions determined by the SPCB from time to time. (4) A member may employ his or her employee on conditions which are more favourable to the employee, provided that this does not entail the member exceeding the amount of this allowance. (5) Staff and volunteers of a member shall be bound by the Allowances Code at Annex A. (6) Whilst the remuneration of employees shall be the responsibility of the member the SPCB shall provide: (a) payroll services for members' employees; and (b) arrangement for employers' pension contributions to be paid to an employee's choice of pension scheme, and members shall provide the SPCB with details about their employees to enable the SPCB to provide such services and make such arrangements. (7) A member may pool his or her allowance with another member or other members in order to employ employees who are shared between or amongst them, provided that: (a) the employee remains employed by a single member; and (b) the members concerned give written notice to the SPCB. (8) Where a member establishes an office under sub-paragraph (2)(b) the allowance shall be used for the following: (a) lease of a property or rental of premises; (b) the provision of utilities; (c) the purchase or lease of office furniture or equipment or the purchase of stationery; (d) the member or his or her staff using telecommunications, IT and photocopying equipment at a location other than the member's Parliamentary office base; and (e) other purposes ancillary to those specified in (a) to (d) above. (9) Where in a particular region more than one regional member is returned from a registered political party's regional list the notional amount in this allowance for establishing and running an office in each financial year shall be £12,000 and the maximum Members' Support Allowance for regional members concerned shall be computed as follows: (a) there shall be added together the notional amount of £12,000 per financial year in respect of one such regional member and 30% of that amount in respect of each of the other such regional members; (b) the resulting total sum shall be divided by the number of such regional members; and (c) that amount shall be deducted from the notional amount and the difference (if any) shall be deducted from the maximum amount in sub-paragraph (1) above. The sum thereby produced...