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


                                 April 3, 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: March Output Statement
             dated 3 April 2003




BRITISH ENERGY plc - OUTPUT STATEMENT

MARCH OUTPUT STATEMENT



A summary of net output from all of British Energy's power stations in March
2003 is given in the table below, together with comparative data for the
previous financial year:



                                                                                  


                                         2001/02                                        2002/03
                              March               Year to Date               March               Year to Date

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


UK Nuclear               5.48         77        67.57        81         5.59         79        63.76        76

UK Other                 0.66         46        7.11         42         0.45         31         5.67        33

Amergen*                 1.78        100        18.66        89         1.86        100        20.20        95

(50% owned)



NOTES:

*    AmerGen        Total capacity was increased following the upgrading in
                    Clinton's capacity in spring 2002 to 1017 MWe and the
                    upgrading in TMI unit 1 capacity to 840 MWe in autumn 2001
                    following a turbine replacement.



OVERVIEW

The UK nuclear plants achieved the revised output target, announced in August
2002, of 63 TWh

(plus or minus 1 TWh).

The output figure for AmerGen remained in line with plan.



PLANNED OUTAGES

UK Nuclear

  - A statutory outage continued at Dungeness B.
  _ Off-load refuelling was carried out on one reactor each at Dungeness B,
    Heysham 1 and Hartlepool.
  - Low load refuelling was carried out on one reactor each at Hinkley Point
    B, Hunterston B and Heysham 2.



UNPLANNED OUTAGES

UK Nuclear

  - There were a number of minor unplanned outages at several stations in the
    period.



CONTACTS

David Wallace           01355 262 574                  (Media Enquiries)
Keith Gilroy            01355 262 253                  (Investor Relations)


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


                                   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:  April 3, 2003                       BRITISH ENERGY PLC

                                           By:____Paul Heward____

                                           Name:  Paul Heward
                                           Title: Director - Investor Relations