Staff clerks used to predominantly work in headquarters units alongside staff officers, hence the name. Today, with the increasing complexity of administrative systems, they are more widely spread and are employed in most units. They used to belong to the Royal Army Service Corps until its disbandment in 1965, when they transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. In 1993 they again transferred, to the Staff and Personnel Support Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps.