To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his most up-to-date estimate of the price of electricity from the Sizewell B nuclear power station in the period up to the expiry of the contract on 31 March 1998 with the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency acting on behalf of the 12 regional electricity companies.

The nuclear contract determines the price of output from all nuclear power stations, including Sizewell B. The details of this contract are commercially confidential.