This picture shows details of the information that will appear at the bottom of the card.
On Thursday, the Conservative Party reiterated its commitment to scrap the scheme, and said the government had spent "a staggering amount of money on the scheme so far." The Conservatives said the cost of the ID card scheme to the taxpayer at present is approximately £215m.
"The government has already wasted £200m that we cannot afford," said shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, in a statement. "The scheme will cost hundreds of million pounds more, even if the cards are voluntary. It is time this scheme was completely scrapped."
The Conservatives added that contracts had been signed by the government to the tune of £1bn.
"The home secretary has confirmed that the government has signed eight contracts for delivery of the National Identity Scheme, three of which were signed this year," said the Conservative statement. "The combined value is at least £1bn, and two contracts are for a period of 10 years."
IBM recently announced a seven-year contract to supply the technology behind the National Biometric Identity Service, the database that will hold details of people's fingerprints. The Conservatives said on Thursday that the contract was worth £265m, and has been awarded for seven years with one three-year option to extend.
The party warned earlier this month against contractors accepting "poison pill" break clauses designed to make it difficult for a future government to scrap the scheme.
