{"id":22758,"date":"2024-01-22T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T09:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowlandrfca.org.uk\/?page_id=22758"},"modified":"2024-01-22T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T09:46:48","slug":"external-scrutiny-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lowlandrfca.org.uk\/external-scrutiny-team\/","title":{"rendered":"External Scrutiny Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>The Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Independent Commission identified a requirement for an annual report by an External Scrutiny Team (EST) on the overall state of the Reserve Forces. The first two reports were provided at the request&nbsp;of the Secretary of State (SofS) for Defence in 2013 and 2014. 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