Strength decks and armor in British battlecruisers

Did British battlecruisers have one fewer strength deck than contemporary battleships?

Not as a simple rule; battleships usually distributed more armor, while structural and armored decks are different concepts.

The hull's strength structure is separate from the distribution of armour. A battlecruiser might have fewer armoured layers without lacking a necessary structural deck. Battleships generally carried more protection around a wider set of spaces and fittings. The useful comparison is the armour scheme as a whole rather than a claim that one ship type always deleted a single standard deck.