Complaints by female and BAME military staff a 'serious concern'
People from BAME backgrounds make up 7% of the workforce but made 13% of complaints, it added.
The report said it was"unacceptable" that the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces - which aims to provide independent oversight of the complaints process - had not been sent results of internals reviews into the system. The committee also drew attention to the"unacceptably slow" handling of cases and said the SCOAF, the Army, the RAF and the Navy had all failed to establish an effective and efficient system for handling grievances.
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