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In the licensing authority that I work for (names to be changed to protect the indolent) drivers predominantly BME across both private hire and hackney (actually the same thing for us). Without doing a full count, I don't think I'd be out of line saying that it's upward of 70% combined Asian.
There's a lot of context in this though if you look at taxi/private hire driving as work opportunities among post war immigrant populations.
The_Seldom_Killer
Fundamentally a lot of it is racism if you ask me - perhaps unconscious but still racism.
Many Uber drivers are non-white immigrants, while most black cab drivers are white and British.
TfL's stats for cabbies:
Vs. private hire (which includes Uber):
According to this article in the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/world/europe/london-uk-brexit-uber-taxi.html?_r=0
"Uber receives hundreds of complaints a month from its London drivers about racist abuse from black cab drivers, including racist slurs like 'Go back to your country!'."
Interesting to get your perspective as a license issuer (?). I'd agree that separating Uber and its drivers is sensible.