May said on Monday night, in reply to 14 questions posed last week by Keith Vaz, the Commons home affairs committee chairman, that the 'lighter touch' checks were used at the following ports: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol airport, Calais, Cardiff, Coquelles, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gatwick, Harwich, Heathrow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London City, Luton, Manchester Airport, Newcastle, Newhaven, Norwich, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Prestwick and Stansted. In the first week of the pilot the checks were relaxed on 100 occasions across the country. This rose to 260 occasions in week six of the pilot, and 165 in week nine, which ended on 9 October.