FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                            Report of Foreign Issuer


                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                 August 7, 2003


                               BRITISH ENERGY PLC
                               (Registrant's name)


                               3 Redwood Crescent
                                   Peel Park
                             East Kilbride G74 5PR
                                    Scotland
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


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                                 Exhibit Index

The following document (bearing the exhibit number listed below) is furnished
herewith and is made a part of this Report pursuant to the General Instructions
for Form 6-K:

Exhibit       Description

No. 1         RNS Announcement, re:  Output Statement dated 7 August, 2003


BRITISH ENERGY plc - OUTPUT STATEMENT


A summary of net output from all of British Energy's power stations in July is
given in the table below, together with comparative data for the previous
financial year:


                             2002/03                         2003/04

                     July        Year to Date        July        Year to Date

                 Output   Load   Output   Load  Output   Load   Output    Load
                 (TWh)   Factor  (TWh)   Factor (TWh)   Factor  (TWh)    Factor
                         (%)             (%)            (%)              (%)

                                                     
UK - Nuclear      5.26       74   20.66     74   5.14       72   22.18       79


UK - Coal         0.17       12    1.04     18   0.40       28    1.49       26


USA - AmerGen     1.77       96    6.10     84   1.84      100    7.10       98
(50% owned)



OVERVIEW

The output figures for both the UK and AmerGen nuclear plant remain in line with
plan.

UK - Nuclear

Planned Outages

  - A statutory outage was completed at Hunterston B and another started at
    Torness.
  - Low load refuelling was carried out on both reactors Hinkley Point B and
    on one reactor at Heysham 2 and Torness.

Unplanned Outages

  - Repair outages were completed on both units at Hartlepool and on one unit
    at Dungeness B.


CONTACTS

John MacNamara       01355 262 574         (Media Enquiries)
Paul Heward          01355 262 201         (Investor Relations)

Find this News Release on our web-site: www.british-energy.com





END

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Date:  August 7, 2003                      BRITISH ENERGY PLC

                                           By:____Paul Heward____

                                           Name:  Paul Heward
                                           Title: Director - Investor Relations