Step 1: Get them to decline, in writing, your request to see the record.
Step 2: Tell them, in writing, they have 7 days to change their mind.
Step 3: If they fail, get a solicitors letter sent and hint on the phone that the Press is interested.
Await the call from: Head of Social Services (you probably already know him) and Data protection officer inviting you to a meeting.
Attend the meeting accompanied by an anonymous man in a smart suit who says nothing but appears to write everything down.
Enjoy the smell of fear and the chance to see the record.
Be sure to find at least one inaccuracy in it.