I have had two gaps (of approx 6months each) in which period I was claiming unemployment benefit.
I have also had a personal referee confirm these gaps, so hopefully they shouldn't be a problem.
Growing away from the topic a bit now, but once everything (CRC, GSAT, 5yr history etc) has been handed into to the BAA ID unit (at LHR), how long does it take them to process it? I'm expecting a security interview aswell I think, not sure what that involves